The Sphinx is the oldest of the eight senior societies at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and is now one of the oldest all-male secret societies in the nation. Sphinx was founded as a class society by 14 Dartmouth juniors in 1886. The Sphinx Tomb, constructed in 1903 on East Wheelock Street, was designed by Manchester, New Hampshire, architect William M. Butterfield and reflects the Egyptian Revival architectural style popular during the mid-nineteenth century. The interior of the Sphinx was replaced after a fire started in the building's furnace destroyed it in 1929.
See also
- Dartmouth College student groups
- Collegiate secret societies in North America
- Secret society
- Sphinx Head
External links
- Secret Societies: 360 will be invited to join--will you be one?
- Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth
- Covered Undercover
- Sphinx: Dartmouth's Riddle on East Wheelock Street
- A Secret Society's Not-So-Secret Plumbing Project
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