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North American fraternity and sorority housing

North American fraternity and sorority housing refers largely to the houses or housing areas in which fraternity and sorority members live and work together. In addition to serving as housing, fraternity and sorority housing may also serve to host social gatherings, meetings, and functions that benefit the community.

Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania
Phi Delta Theta house at University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois
Gamma Phi Beta house at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon

History edit

The first fraternity house seems to have been located at Alpha Epsilon of Chi Psi at the University of Michigan around 1846.[1] As fraternity membership was punishable by expulsion at many colleges at this time, the house was located deep in the woods.[2]

Fraternity chapter housing initially existed in two forms: lodges that served as meeting rooms and houses that had boarding rooms.[3] The lodges came first and were largely replaced by houses with living accommodations. Lodges were often no more than rented rooms above stores or taverns. The idea of substantial fraternity housing caught on quickly, but was accomplished with much greater ease in the North as southern college students had far less available money for construction.[4] The first fraternity house in the South was likely one rented by members of Beta Theta Pi at Hampden–Sydney College from at least 1856. Alpha Tau Omega was then the first fraternity to own a house in the South when, in 1880, its chapter at The University of the South acquired one.[5]

Early chapters of women's fraternities often rented houses where they could live together, usually with a chaperone. This was in a day before colleges and universities had housing available. The first chapter house built by a women's fraternity was the one Alpha Phi erected at Syracuse University in 1886.[6]

Many colleges eventually came to support fraternity and sorority housing as they allowed increased enrollment without the construction of costly dormitories. The nature of this benefit varied between campuses as some houses were paid for entirely by alumni, some were rented, and some were built on land leased from the college. It was further recognized that, while fraternities having chapter houses did not raise academic performance, it did tend to keep it from falling as the chapters could not afford (financially) to have members leaving school and no longer paying for their rooms.[7]

The Inter-Sorority Congress of 1913 saw the establishment of uniform rules and regulations regarding life in chapter houses.[8]

The number of houses owned by fraternities and sororities grew from 772 in 1915 to 928 in 1920.[9]

Design edit

Fraternity and sorority houses range in size from three to twenty bedrooms or more. They can usually be identified by large Greek letters or flags on the front of the house. The larger chapter houses generally have a large meeting room, a large dining room, a commercial kitchen, and a study room. There is usually a lounge of some sort, access to which is often restricted to fully initiated members. Fraternities and sororities will also often maintain a chapter room, to which only initiates may ever be admitted and even whose existence may be kept secret. The walls of the house may be decorated with pictures of past chapter events, awards, and trophies, decorative (or historic) paddles, or composite photos of members from past years.

In some fraternities or sororities, only the representatives live in the houses while in others the entire fraternity or sorority may live in the house. Other, larger fraternities or sororities may have more than one house to accommodate all of its members.

At many colleges, Greek houses are placed on the same street which is traditionally referred to as "Greek Row."[10][11]

Policies edit

Fraternity and sorority houses are typically owned either by a corporation of alumni, the sponsoring national organization, or the host college. For this reason, such houses may be subject to the rules of the host college, the national organization, or both.

Due to the increase in widely publicized alcohol-related deaths on college campuses, many national organizations and host colleges have implemented dry housing policies in which the consumption and possession of alcohol are prohibited on house property.[12] Some colleges make this policy conditional on overall grade performance.

In addition to banning alcohol, many university-owned fraternity and sorority houses have smoking bans in place inside.[13]

Because of residential requirements, some college campuses and national chapter administrations also prohibit members of the opposite sex on certain floors of fraternity and sorority houses.

National Register chapter houses edit

The following chapter houses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Demolished structures are indicated in italics.

Name Fraternity or Sorority Architect Affiliation Location Year Completed References
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House Alpha Delta Phi Ralph W. Varney University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1925 [a]
Alpha House Alpha Phi Alpha Detroit, Michigan 1912 [b]
Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter Alpha Phi Charles Harris (1937 remodel) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1909 [c]
Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House Alpha Rho Chi Royer, Danley, and Smith University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1928
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House Alpha Tau Omega Lehman "Monk" Ferris University of Nevada Reno, Nevada 1929
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House (Maltese Manor) Alpha Tau Omega Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana 1920 [d]
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Beta Theta Pi Frederick J. Klein University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1912 [e]
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Beta Theta Pi University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1929
Harold C. Bradley House Sigma Phi Society Louis H. Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie ,University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, Wisconsin, 1909 [f]
Chi Omega Chapter House Chi Omega Charles L. Ellis University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 1927
Chi Psi Fraternity House Chi Psi Richard Sundeleaf University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 1935
Colonials Club House Colonial Club, Theta Delta Chi, Proudfoot & Bird; Woodburn & O'Neil Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1910
Deke House Delta Kappa Epsilon William Henry Miller Cornell University Ithaca, New York 1893
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House Delta Kappa Epsilon E. G. Oldefest University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1906
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House Delta Kappa Epsilon Robert Frost Daggett DePauw University Greencastle, Indiana 1926
Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter building St. Anthony Hall Henry Hornbostel and George Carnegie Palmer Columbia University Manhattan, New York City, New York 1898
Delta Tau Delta Founders House Delta Tau Delta Bethany College Bethany, West Virginia 1858
Delta Upsilon Chapter House Delta Upsilon Alexander M. Linn Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1930
Delta Upsilon Fraternity House Delta Upsilon Albert Kahn University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 1903
Delta Upsilon Fraternity House Delta Upsilon Leonard Steube University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1927
Dr. William Gifford House Tau Kappa Epsilon William W. Sabin Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio c. 1901 [g]
Hancock House Alpha Phi Alpha M. H. Pettigo Bluefield State University Bluefield, West Virginia 1907 [h]
Iowa Beta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Amos B. Emery Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1931
Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity House Kappa Delta Rho University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1928
Kappa Sigma Fraternity House Kappa Sigma Archie H. Hubbard University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1911
Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Gamma Theta Chapter Kappa Sigma University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 1916
Llenroc Delta Phi Nichols & Brown Cornell University Ithaca, New York 1865 [i]
Old Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House Alpha Tau Omega George Lill University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 1910 [j]
Old Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Beta Theta Pi, Delta Zeta University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 1906
Omega Chapter of the Chi Phi Fraternity Chi Phi Georgia Tech Atlanta, Georgia 1929
Parish Apartments Sigma Pi, Xi Psi Phi, Xi Psi Phi Myron Edwards Pugh University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 1929 [k]
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House Phi Delta Theta Howard Van Doren Shaw University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1922
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House Phi Delta Theta Martin I. Aitken University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 1937
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity House Phi Gamma Delta Carl Stravs and Madsen Brothers University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 1912
Phi Gamma Delta House Phi Gamma Delta Crowell & Lancaster University of Maine Orono, Maine 1925
Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity Psi Upsilon Wellington W. Taber Syracuse University Syracuse, New York 1898
Porcellian Club Porcellian Club William York Peters Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
Saint Anthony Hall St. Anthony Hall J. Cleaveland Cady. Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut 1878
St. Anthony Hall House St. Anthony Hall Cope and Stewardson University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1907
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House Sigma Alpha Epsilon Russell S. Potter Miami University Oxford, Ohio 1938
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House Sigma Alpha Epsilon George Dean and Albert Dean University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1907
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fred Wallace; Marshall and Brown University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 1908
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House Sigma Alpha Epsilon Charles I. Carpenter University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 1932
Sigma Sigma–Delta Chi Fraternity House Sigma Sigma, Delta Chi, Triangle Fraternity Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1924 [14][l]
Theta Xi Fraternity Chapter House Theta Xi Joseph M. Lawlor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 1931
Thorsen House Sigma Phi Society Greene & Greene University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 1909 [m]
Welch Hall Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi David Frederick Wallace (1929 renovation) University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 1820, 1907 [n]
Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity Psi Upsilon Colin C. Wilson Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut 1891
Zeta Psi Fraternity House at Lafayette College Zeta Psi James Barnes Baker and William Marsh Micler Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania 1910
  1. ^ The chapter house was demolished in January 2018.
  2. ^ Alpha House was a private residence until purchased by the fraternity in 1939,
  3. ^ House was a private residence until acquired by the fraternity in 1923.
  4. ^ It housed the Indiana Gamma Omicron chapter of Alpha Tau Omega until May 2021,
  5. ^ The chapter used the house until 2017 and disbanded in 2018. Its chapter house was demolished in 2020.
  6. ^ House was a private residence until acquired by the society in 1915.
  7. ^ After serving as a residence, the Mary E. Ingersoll Girls Friendly Club, a clubhouse operated by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and a settlement house, Gifford House became a fraternit residence in 1960.
  8. ^ Hancock House was purchased by the fraternity in 1962.
  9. ^ Llenroc was built for Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University. It became the chapter house of Delta Phi fraternity in 1911.
  10. ^ The fraternity used this building from 1910 to 1922.
  11. ^ This building was built for Sigma Pi and was used by fraternities until 1943.
  12. ^ The frtaternity sold the house in 2006.
  13. ^ This was built as the residence of lumber tycoon William Thorsen until his death in 1942. At that time, it became a fraternity house.
  14. ^ Oak Hill was a residence, hospital, hotel, and school before becoming a fraternity house in 1929.

Notable chapter houses by size edit

Rank Size Fraternity or Sorority University Location Year Completed References
1 55,500 sq ft (5,160 m2) Phi Gamma Delta Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 2016 [15]
2 46,356 sq ft (4,306.6 m2) Kappa Kappa Gamma University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2013 [16]
3 43,000 sq ft (4,000 m2) Delta Delta Delta University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2019 [17]
4 42,000 sq ft (3,900 m2) Pi Beta Phi University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2016 [18]
5 40,352 sq ft (3,748.8 m2) Delta Chi Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 2005 [19]
6 (tie) 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) Kappa Delta University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2019 [19]
6 (tie) 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) Alpha Chi Omega University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2014 [20]
6 (tie) 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) Delta Upsilon University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 2015 [21]
6 (tie) 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) Gamma Phi Beta University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2015 [22]
10 39,500 sq ft (3,670 m2) Pi Kappa Alpha Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 2005 [23]
11 39,444 sq ft (3,664.5 m2) Phi Mu University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2016 [24]
12 39,264 sq ft (3,647.7 m2) Sigma Pi Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 2005 [25][26]
13 38,853 sq ft (3,609.6 m2) FarmHouse Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2012 [27]
14 38,000 sq ft (3,500 m2) Pi Kappa Alpha Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2017 [28]
15 36,884 sq ft (3,426.6 m2) Delta Tau Delta Indiana University Bloomington, IN 2016 [29]
16 36,818 sq ft (3,420.5 m2) Alpha Gamma Rho Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2015 [30]
17 (tie) 36,000 sq ft (3,344.5 m2) Alpha Chi Omega University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2023
17 (tie) 36,000 sq ft (3,344.5 m2) Beta Theta Pi University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2015
19 35,000 sq ft (3,300 m2) Phi Kappa Psi University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 2005 [31]
20 34,800 sq ft (3,230 m2) Delta Gamma University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2012 [32]
21 34,000 sq ft (3,200 m2) Alpha Delta Pi Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2021 [33]
22 33,783 sq ft (3,138.5 m2) Alpha Tau Omega University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2011 [34]
23 33,557 sq ft (3,117.5 m2) Chi Omega University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 2013 [35]
24 32,445 sq ft (3,014.2 m2) Beta Theta Pi University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 2012 [36]
25 32,400 sq ft (3,010 m2) Sigma Kappa Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 2005 [37]
26 (tie) 31,000 sq ft (2,900 m2) Pi Kappa Phi University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2014 [38]
26(tie) 31,000 sq ft (2,900 m2) Phi Kappa Psi Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 2014 [39]
28 30,534 sq ft (2,836.7 m2) Kappa Alpha Theta Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma [40]
29 (tie) 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) Pi Kappa Alpha Missouri Science & Technology Rolla, Missouri 2007 [41]
29 (tie) 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) Alpha Omicron Pi University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2009 [42][43]
31 29,100 sq ft (2,700 m2) Kappa Sigma University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2014 [44]
32 (tie) 29,000 sq ft (2,700 m2) Phi Gamma Delta University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma

2008

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32 (tie) 29,000 sq ft (2,700 m2) Alpha Tau Omega Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas

2013

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34 28,500 sq ft (2,650 m2) Kappa Sigma Missouri Science & Technology Rolla, Missouri 2011 [47]
35 28,070 sq ft (2,608 m2) Sigma Sigma Sigma University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 2012 [48]
36 28,051 sq ft (2,606.0 m2) Sigma Nu University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2017 [49]
37 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m2) Pi Kappa Alpha University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2015 [50]
38 (tie) 27,000 sq ft (2,500 m2) Pi Kappa Alpha University of Illinois Champaign, Illinois 2011 [51][52]
39 (tie) 27,000 sq ft (2,500 m2) Sigma Chi University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 1951 [53]
40 26,600 sq ft (2,470 m2) Alpha Chi Omega University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2018 [54]
41 26,500 sq ft (2,460 m2) Sigma Chi University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2012 [55]
42 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2) Phi Sigma Kappa Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 2011 [56]
43 25,814 sq ft (2,398.2 m2) Phi Gamma Delta University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 2004 [57]
44 25,425 sq ft (2,362.1 m2) Sigma Alpha Epsilon University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 1925 [58]
45 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m2) Kappa Sigma University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 1931 [59]

See also edit

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Frat house and sorority house redirect here For the 1998 documentary see Frat House For the 1939 film see Sorority House film North American fraternity and sorority housing refers largely to the houses or housing areas in which fraternity and sorority members live and work together In addition to serving as housing fraternity and sorority housing may also serve to host social gatherings meetings and functions that benefit the community Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania Phi Delta Theta house at University of Illinois in Urbana Illinois Gamma Phi Beta house at the University of Oregon in Eugene Oregon Contents 1 History 2 Design 3 Policies 4 National Register chapter houses 5 Notable chapter houses by size 6 See also 7 ReferencesHistory editThe first fraternity house seems to have been located at Alpha Epsilon of Chi Psi at the University of Michigan around 1846 1 As fraternity membership was punishable by expulsion at many colleges at this time the house was located deep in the woods 2 Fraternity chapter housing initially existed in two forms lodges that served as meeting rooms and houses that had boarding rooms 3 The lodges came first and were largely replaced by houses with living accommodations Lodges were often no more than rented rooms above stores or taverns The idea of substantial fraternity housing caught on quickly but was accomplished with much greater ease in the North as southern college students had far less available money for construction 4 The first fraternity house in the South was likely one rented by members of Beta Theta Pi at Hampden Sydney College from at least 1856 Alpha Tau Omega was then the first fraternity to own a house in the South when in 1880 its chapter at The University of the South acquired one 5 Early chapters of women s fraternities often rented houses where they could live together usually with a chaperone This was in a day before colleges and universities had housing available The first chapter house built by a women s fraternity was the one Alpha Phi erected at Syracuse University in 1886 6 Many colleges eventually came to support fraternity and sorority housing as they allowed increased enrollment without the construction of costly dormitories The nature of this benefit varied between campuses as some houses were paid for entirely by alumni some were rented and some were built on land leased from the college It was further recognized that while fraternities having chapter houses did not raise academic performance it did tend to keep it from falling as the chapters could not afford financially to have members leaving school and no longer paying for their rooms 7 The Inter Sorority Congress of 1913 saw the establishment of uniform rules and regulations regarding life in chapter houses 8 The number of houses owned by fraternities and sororities grew from 772 in 1915 to 928 in 1920 9 Design editFraternity and sorority houses range in size from three to twenty bedrooms or more They can usually be identified by large Greek letters or flags on the front of the house The larger chapter houses generally have a large meeting room a large dining room a commercial kitchen and a study room There is usually a lounge of some sort access to which is often restricted to fully initiated members Fraternities and sororities will also often maintain a chapter room to which only initiates may ever be admitted and even whose existence may be kept secret The walls of the house may be decorated with pictures of past chapter events awards and trophies decorative or historic paddles or composite photos of members from past years In some fraternities or sororities only the representatives live in the houses while in others the entire fraternity or sorority may live in the house Other larger fraternities or sororities may have more than one house to accommodate all of its members At many colleges Greek houses are placed on the same street which is traditionally referred to as Greek Row 10 11 Policies editFraternity and sorority houses are typically owned either by a corporation of alumni the sponsoring national organization or the host college For this reason such houses may be subject to the rules of the host college the national organization or both Due to the increase in widely publicized alcohol related deaths on college campuses many national organizations and host colleges have implemented dry housing policies in which the consumption and possession of alcohol are prohibited on house property 12 Some colleges make this policy conditional on overall grade performance In addition to banning alcohol many university owned fraternity and sorority houses have smoking bans in place inside 13 Because of residential requirements some college campuses and national chapter administrations also prohibit members of the opposite sex on certain floors of fraternity and sorority houses National Register chapter houses editThe following chapter houses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places Demolished structures are indicated in italics Name Fraternity or Sorority Architect Affiliation Location Year Completed References Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House Alpha Delta Phi Ralph W Varney University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1925 a Alpha House Alpha Phi Alpha Detroit Michigan 1912 b Alpha Phi Fraternity House Beta Alpha Chapter Alpha Phi Charles Harris 1937 remodel University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1909 c Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House Alpha Rho Chi Royer Danley and Smith University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1928 Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House Alpha Tau Omega Lehman Monk Ferris University of Nevada Reno Nevada 1929 Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House Maltese Manor Alpha Tau Omega Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana 1920 d Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Beta Theta Pi Frederick J Klein University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1912 e Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Beta Theta Pi University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina 1929 Harold C Bradley House Sigma Phi Society Louis H Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie University of Wisconsin Madison Madison Wisconsin 1909 f Chi Omega Chapter House Chi Omega Charles L Ellis University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas 1927 Chi Psi Fraternity House Chi Psi Richard Sundeleaf University of Oregon Eugene Oregon 1935 Colonials Club House Colonial Club Theta Delta Chi Proudfoot amp Bird Woodburn amp O Neil Iowa State University Ames Iowa 1910 Deke House Delta Kappa Epsilon William Henry Miller Cornell University Ithaca New York 1893 Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House Delta Kappa Epsilon E G Oldefest University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1906 Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity House Delta Kappa Epsilon Robert Frost Daggett DePauw University Greencastle Indiana 1926 Delta Psi Alpha Chapter building St Anthony Hall Henry Hornbostel and George Carnegie Palmer Columbia University Manhattan New York City New York 1898 Delta Tau Delta Founders House Delta Tau Delta Bethany College Bethany West Virginia 1858 Delta Upsilon Chapter House Delta Upsilon Alexander M Linn Iowa State University Ames Iowa 1930 Delta Upsilon Fraternity House Delta Upsilon Albert Kahn University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan 1903 Delta Upsilon Fraternity House Delta Upsilon Leonard Steube University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1927 Dr William Gifford House Tau Kappa Epsilon William W Sabin Cleveland State University Cleveland Ohio c 1901 g Hancock House Alpha Phi Alpha M H Pettigo Bluefield State University Bluefield West Virginia 1907 h Iowa Beta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Amos B Emery Iowa State University Ames Iowa 1931 Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity House Kappa Delta Rho University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1928 Kappa Sigma Fraternity House Kappa Sigma Archie H Hubbard University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1911 Kappa Sigma Fraternity Gamma Theta Chapter Kappa Sigma University of Idaho Moscow Idaho 1916 Llenroc Delta Phi Nichols amp Brown Cornell University Ithaca New York 1865 i Old Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House Alpha Tau Omega George Lill University of Oregon Eugene Oregon 1910 j Old Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Beta Theta Pi Delta Zeta University of Oregon Eugene Oregon 1906 Omega Chapter of the Chi Phi Fraternity Chi Phi Georgia Tech Atlanta Georgia 1929 Parish Apartments Sigma Pi Xi Psi Phi Xi Psi Phi Myron Edwards Pugh University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa 1929 k Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House Phi Delta Theta Howard Van Doren Shaw University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1922 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House Phi Delta Theta Martin I Aitken University of Nebraska Lincoln Lincoln Nebraska 1937 Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity House Phi Gamma Delta Carl Stravs and Madsen Brothers University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota 1912 Phi Gamma Delta House Phi Gamma Delta Crowell amp Lancaster University of Maine Orono Maine 1925 Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity Psi Upsilon Wellington W Taber Syracuse University Syracuse New York 1898 Porcellian Club Porcellian Club William York Peters Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts Saint Anthony Hall St Anthony Hall J Cleaveland Cady Trinity College Hartford Connecticut 1878 St Anthony Hall House St Anthony Hall Cope and Stewardson University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1907 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House Sigma Alpha Epsilon Russell S Potter Miami University Oxford Ohio 1938 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House Sigma Alpha Epsilon George Dean and Albert Dean University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois 1907 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fred Wallace Marshall and Brown University of Missouri Columbia Missouri 1908 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House Sigma Alpha Epsilon Charles I Carpenter University of Idaho Moscow Idaho 1932 Sigma Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity House Sigma Sigma Delta Chi Triangle Fraternity Iowa State University Ames Iowa 1924 14 l Theta Xi Fraternity Chapter House Theta Xi Joseph M Lawlor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York 1931 Thorsen House Sigma Phi Society Greene amp Greene University of California Berkeley Berkeley California 1909 m Welch Hall Sigma Alpha Epsilon Alpha Sigma Phi David Frederick Wallace 1929 renovation University of Missouri Columbia Missouri 1820 1907 n Xi Chapter Psi Upsilon Fraternity Psi Upsilon Colin C Wilson Wesleyan University Middletown Connecticut 1891 Zeta Psi Fraternity House at Lafayette College Zeta Psi James Barnes Baker and William Marsh Micler Lafayette College Easton Pennsylvania 1910 The chapter house was demolished in January 2018 Alpha House was a private residence until purchased by the fraternity in 1939 House was a private residence until acquired by the fraternity in 1923 It housed the Indiana Gamma Omicron chapter of Alpha Tau Omega until May 2021 The chapter used the house until 2017 and disbanded in 2018 Its chapter house was demolished in 2020 House was a private residence until acquired by the society in 1915 After serving as a residence the Mary E Ingersoll Girls Friendly Club a clubhouse operated by the Woman s Christian Temperance Union and a settlement house Gifford House became a fraternit residence in 1960 Hancock House was purchased by the fraternity in 1962 Llenroc was built for Ezra Cornell the founder of Cornell University It became the chapter house of Delta Phi fraternity in 1911 The fraternity used this building from 1910 to 1922 This building was built for Sigma Pi and was used by fraternities until 1943 The frtaternity sold the house in 2006 This was built as the residence of lumber tycoon William Thorsen until his death in 1942 At that time it became a fraternity house Oak Hill was a residence hospital hotel and school before becoming a fraternity house in 1929 Notable chapter houses by size editRank Size Fraternity or Sorority University Location Year Completed References 1 55 500 sq ft 5 160 m2 Phi Gamma Delta Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 2016 15 2 46 356 sq ft 4 306 6 m2 Kappa Kappa Gamma University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas 2013 16 3 43 000 sq ft 4 000 m2 Delta Delta Delta University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas 2019 17 4 42 000 sq ft 3 900 m2 Pi Beta Phi University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas 2016 18 5 40 352 sq ft 3 748 8 m2 Delta Chi Florida State University Tallahassee Florida 2005 19 6 tie 40 000 sq ft 3 700 m2 Kappa Delta University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas 2019 19 6 tie 40 000 sq ft 3 700 m2 Alpha Chi Omega University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama 2014 20 6 tie 40 000 sq ft 3 700 m2 Delta Upsilon University of Missouri Columbia Missouri 2015 21 6 tie 40 000 sq ft 3 700 m2 Gamma Phi Beta University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama 2015 22 10 39 500 sq ft 3 670 m2 Pi Kappa Alpha Florida State University Tallahassee Florida 2005 23 11 39 444 sq ft 3 664 5 m2 Phi Mu University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama 2016 24 12 39 264 sq ft 3 647 7 m2 Sigma Pi Florida State University Tallahassee Florida 2005 25 26 13 38 853 sq ft 3 609 6 m2 FarmHouse Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma 2012 27 14 38 000 sq ft 3 500 m2 Pi Kappa Alpha Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma 2017 28 15 36 884 sq ft 3 426 6 m2 Delta Tau Delta Indiana University Bloomington IN 2016 29 16 36 818 sq ft 3 420 5 m2 Alpha Gamma Rho Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma 2015 30 17 tie 36 000 sq ft 3 344 5 m2 Alpha Chi Omega University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma 2023 17 tie 36 000 sq ft 3 344 5 m2 Beta Theta Pi University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma 2015 19 35 000 sq ft 3 300 m2 Phi Kappa Psi University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas 2005 31 20 34 800 sq ft 3 230 m2 Delta Gamma University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama 2012 32 21 34 000 sq ft 3 200 m2 Alpha Delta Pi Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma 2021 33 22 33 783 sq ft 3 138 5 m2 Alpha Tau Omega University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama 2011 34 23 33 557 sq ft 3 117 5 m2 Chi Omega University of Missouri Columbia Missouri 2013 35 24 32 445 sq ft 3 014 2 m2 Beta Theta Pi University of Missouri Columbia Missouri 2012 36 25 32 400 sq ft 3 010 m2 Sigma Kappa Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 2005 37 26 tie 31 000 sq ft 2 900 m2 Pi Kappa Phi University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama 2014 38 26 tie 31 000 sq ft 2 900 m2 Phi Kappa Psi Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 2014 39 28 30 534 sq ft 2 836 7 m2 Kappa Alpha Theta Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma 40 29 tie 30 000 sq ft 2 800 m2 Pi Kappa Alpha Missouri Science amp Technology Rolla Missouri 2007 41 29 tie 30 000 sq ft 2 800 m2 Alpha Omicron Pi University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas 2009 42 43 31 29 100 sq ft 2 700 m2 Kappa Sigma University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma 2014 44 32 tie 29 000 sq ft 2 700 m2 Phi Gamma 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