1191 West Jones
The Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity house, more commonly referred to as the AGR House, has many tools and advantages that make it more of a learning experience as well as appealing. The AGR House has many advantages that other housing options cannot offer. The house is equipped with a full service kitchen, dining room, living room, library, chapter room, bedrooms, as well as large yards in the front and back.
The AGR house is equipped with many options that some of today's newer houses do not offer. The house has a full stovetop range for cooking for several people. It also has a double oven, for cooking for alumni and family. There is also a commercial microwave, and dishwasher. The kitchen also accommodates its users with pots and pans, as well as all the other cooking utensils.
The dining room has an oak dining table with seating for up to twelve brothers. There are built-in china hutches in two corners displaying just a few of the fraternity's awards and honors. The walls of this room are decorated with Tarleton State posters in glass frames.
The living room of the AGR house boasts all new furniture that includes 3 leather sofas, coffee and end tables. Another new edition is the 66-inch big screen television. The walls of this room also display Tarleton memorabilia, which include a 5-foot Tarleton seal.
The library of the house has one wall dedicated to built in book shelves that are filled with used text books, and notebooks from other classes. There are two filing cabinets full of previous tests, to use as study guides for every brother. There is a Dell computer and a commerical copy machine avaliable to every brother. The walls of this room portray pictures of alumni that have "made it big". Such alumni include: Lee Morgan, former chairman, CEO, Caterpillar Tractor, Inc., Earl Butz, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and Orville Redenbacher, popcorn promoter.
The Chapter Room is a room dedicated for the professional side of AGR. This room was recently remodeled and dedicated to our advisor that past away in 2005. The Dr. Albert Lilly Memorial Chapter Room has a confrence table that 12 people, new lighting and AGR historical artifacts. This room is used for executive meetings and alumni events.
The upstairs of the house is strictly for bedrooms for tenants of the house. Each room is decorated to reveal each tenants personality. Every tenant is provided with a twin bed, two, three drawer under-bed dressers, and a desk. All windows are covered with new mini-blinds, and curtains. There are also 3 separate apartments located on the property. These apartments are reserved for members that are older or getting closer to graduating. Each apartment is furnished with its own efficiency kitchen and bath.
The yards of the AGR house are another attraction. The front yard has been professionally landscaped, and canopied by overpowering oak trees. There is also a 30-foot flagpole that supports the Tarleton State University flag, and one of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity. The back yard has a new stone patio for social gatherings, and meetings. The patio is embellished with an inlayed granite stone, engraved with our Greek letters. Members take great pride in our letters, by not allowing anyone to step foot on the granite. Brothers and alumni have also installed a new wood privacy fence. Another member has donated an eight-foot bar-b-que smoker for cooking for large numbers of people. Every brother of the fraternity takes great pride in the appearance of their house, and tries their best to keep it looking presentable to each other as well as the community.