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The Stewart House is the prairie-style Victorian home of Mary “Minnie” Moore Stewart, one of Kappa Kappa Gamma’s six Founders. The home was built in 1865 1852–1854 by The Honorable James HPhilip T. Stewart and is located on spacious grounds adjacent to the Monmouth College campus in MonmouthSnowden, Illinoisa successful dry goods merchant. The Kappa Kappa Gamma Constitution From 1862–1864 it was written and the Charter was signed in The Stewart Househome of Civil War Governor David Tod. From the end of the Civil War until 1922, the family of Columbus philanthropist David S. The home was owned and Gray occupied by the family’s descendants until 1989 when residence. Since 1922 it was purchased with donations from has served a variety of uses, including the headquarters of the Columbus Women’s Club. In 1951 Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnaeFraternity acquired the house as its national headquarters. The dining room, living room, parlor, library and sunroom have been In 1981 the original downstairs rooms were restored to their 19th century style. Period furnishings and artifacts depict daily life and culture in the time of Victorian era with an emphasis on the founding lives and roles of Kappa Kappa Gamma in 1870women.