Kappa Sigma Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois)

The Kappa Sigma Fraternity House is a historic fraternity house at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois. The house was built in 1911 for the Alpha Gamma chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity; it was one of the university's first large fraternity houses.

Kappa Sigma Fraternity House
Kappa Sigma Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois) is located in Illinois
Kappa Sigma Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois)
Kappa Sigma Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois) is located in the United States
Kappa Sigma Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois)
Location212 E. Daniel St., Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates40°6′29″N 88°14′12″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1911 (1911)
Built byStoolman, Almon W.
ArchitectHubbard, Archie H.
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance
MPSFraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana--Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois MPS
NRHP reference No.89001109[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1989

The fraternity was established in 1891; it was the first fraternity formed at the university after it lifted its prohibition on fraternities. Football coach Robert Lackey helped found the fraternity, and during its early years many of the university's best athletes were members.

Architect Archie H. Hubbard, himself an early member of the fraternity, designed the house in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The three-story brick building features a loggia on the two side facades and belt courses dividing the floors. The upper two stories of the building have distinctive diamond-patterned brickwork.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1989.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kummer, Karen L.; Bastyr, Linda; Blair, Lachlan F. (May 9, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kappa Sigma Fraternity House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation House. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
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