Named For: Dr. William E. Merriman, the first President of Ripon College.

Location: Constructed on the former site of Sanford House on Congress Street. [470 Congress Street]

Date of Construction: 1940.

Cost: $27,000.

Capacity: 35 students.

Former Uses: Phi Kappa Pi fraternity leased the site and built Merriman as their house. The cost of building the house was split between the College and the alumni of Phi Kappa Pi. The members agreed to pay back the portion the College paid so that the fraternity would eventually own the building. In 1988, the College took over ownership. Used briefly during World War II as a dormitory for women students.

Present Uses: Home of Phi Kappa Pi, Merriman House is the only existing separately-standing fraternity house; all other fraternities are housed in the Quads.

Note: The name Merriman House was originally given to the present Ransom House, first home of Phi Kappa Pi fraternity.

References: Tomkies, p.4; Fact Sheet, p.7.