At a meeting on September 27, 1961, Isabel Winkler moved that the club accept the service committee’s report and adopt as its project a residence providing subsidized boarding care for older women of limited means. The motion was seconded by Bliss Pugsley. Twenty-six of the members present voted in the affirmative while one abstained from voting. Hazel Hart then moved that the decision regarding the size of the house be left with the service committee but with the provision that the cost of the house not exceed $50,000. With the passage of this motion, the committee had the go-ahead to begin hunting for the residence which would become Zonta House.
Eventually, their search turned up up 15 Delaware Avenue, a large brick house with eight bedrooms and spacious living areas. Located just off Queen Elizabeth Driveway on a quiet maple-lined street, it commanded a beautiful view of the Rideau Canal and exuded an old-world charm so typical of the better older homes of the day.