As enrollments increased dramatically in the post-war boom, fraternity membership also grew at Arizona State University (formerly known as Arizona Teachers College.) Fraternity life also had outgrown the Adelphi complex. In the 1950s, the University began exploring the possibility of building a housing community for male students involved in fraternities, comprising about 18 percent of male undergraduates. Looking carefully at the history of the lost fraternity houses also reveals much about the changing University - and even the changing place of the University in Tempe. For better or worse, Alpha Drive represented something much bigger than just a simple series of homes-it reflected the University's commitment to signature architecture and fraternity life. Until 2012, the Alpha Drive fraternity community occupied this campus district, with thirteen houses (ten occupied) providing a unique gathering place for men affiliated with the University's fraternity community. On the Southeast corner of University Drive and Rural Road lies an empty thirteen-acre plot of land surrounded by construction fences, sporting arenas, bustling traffic, and freshman dorms.

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