Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois)
The Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House was a historic fraternity house located at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois. Built in 1912, the building served as a house for the university's Sigma Rho chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, which was established in 1902.
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House | |
Location | 202 E. Daniel St., Champaign, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 40°6′29″N 88°14′9″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1912 |
Built by | Almon W. Stoolman |
Architect | Frederick J. Klein |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Fraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana--Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 89001108[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 28, 1989 |
The house, along with the Kappa Sigma Fraternity House, established a new fraternity district to the west of the university campus. Architect Frederick J. Klein of Peoria designed the Classical Revival building. The three-story house had a two-story front porch supported by four Tuscan columns and four pilasters and topped by a balcony. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1989.[1]
The house was used by Beta Theta Pi until 2017. The chapter was disbanded in 2018, with plans to put the house up for sale. The building was demolished in the fall of 2020.[2][3]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Response to the Beta National's Plan to Sell the Sigma Rho Chapter Houseaccessdate=2019-07-28" (PDF).
- Bastyr, Linda; Blair, Lachlan F. (May 9, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved June 28, 2015.