The three-story property was tagged for demolition when found.
The former north St. Louis home of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, founder of the country’s first African American sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, is undergoing revitalization to serve as an African American women’s museum.
The Gamma Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Society and the Ivy Alliance Foundation, the sorority’s nonprofit, have teamed up for the $4 million effort. The vacant Jeff-Vander-Lou home at 2844 St. Louis Avenue is transforming into a museum honoring Black American women, the today!
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