North American fraternity and sorority housing

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File:Phi Kappa Psi Lafayette 2005.jpg
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania
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Phi Delta Theta house at University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois
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Gamma Phi Beta house at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon

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.

History

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

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 some members live in the house 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

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.

Founded in 2017, the Fraternal Housing Association is a national membership that supports the unique challenges of managing fraternity and sorority housing.[14]

National Register chapter houses

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

Name Organization 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 Template:Efn
Alpha House Alpha Phi Alpha Detroit, Michigan 1912 Template:Efn
Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter Alpha Phi Charles Harris (1937 remodel) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1909 Template:Efn
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 Template:Efn
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Beta Theta Pi Frederick J. Klein University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois 1912 Template:Efn
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 Template:Efn
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 Script error: No such module "sort". Template:Efn
Hancock House Alpha Phi Alpha M. H. Pettigo Bluefield State University Bluefield, West Virginia 1907 Template:Efn
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 Template:Efn
Old Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House Alpha Tau Omega George Lill University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 1910 Template:Efn
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 Template:Efn
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 Script error: No such module "sort".
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 [15]Template:Efn
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 Template:Efn
Welch Hall Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi David Frederick Wallace (1929 renovation) University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 1820, 1907 Template:Efn
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

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Notable chapter houses by size

Rank Size Fraternity or Sorority University Location Year Completed References
1 Script error: No such module "convert". Phi Gamma Delta Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 2016 [16]
2 Script error: No such module "convert". Pi Kappa Alpha Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 2005 [17]
3 Script error: No such module "convert". Kappa Kappa Gamma University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2013 [18]
4 Script error: No such module "convert". Delta Delta Delta University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2019 [19]
5 Script error: No such module "convert". Pi Beta Phi University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2016 [20]
6 Script error: No such module "convert". Delta Chi Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 2005 [21]
7 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Kappa Delta University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2019 [21]
7 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Alpha Chi Omega University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2014 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
7 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Delta Upsilon University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 2015 [22]
7 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Gamma Phi Beta University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2015 [23]
11 Script error: No such module "convert". Pi Kappa Alpha Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 2005 [24]
12 Script error: No such module "convert". Phi Mu University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2016 [25]
13 Script error: No such module "convert". Sigma Pi Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 2005 [26][27]
14 Script error: No such module "convert". FarmHouse Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2012 [28]
15 Script error: No such module "convert". Pi Kappa Alpha Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2017 [29]
16 Script error: No such module "convert". Delta Tau Delta Indiana University Bloomington, IN 2016 [30]
17 Script error: No such module "convert". Alpha Gamma Rho Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2015 [31]
18 (tie) 36,000 sq ft (3,344.5 m2) Alpha Chi Omega University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2023
18 (tie) 36,000 sq ft (3,344.5 m2) Beta Theta Pi University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2015
20 Script error: No such module "convert". Phi Kappa Psi University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 2005 [32]
21 Script error: No such module "convert". Delta Gamma University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2012 [33]
22 Script error: No such module "convert". Alpha Delta Pi Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2021 [34]
23 Script error: No such module "convert". Alpha Tau Omega University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2011 [35]
24 Script error: No such module "convert". Chi Omega University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 2013 [36]
25 Script error: No such module "convert". Beta Theta Pi University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 2012 [37]
26 Script error: No such module "convert". Sigma Kappa Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 2005 [38]
27 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Pi Kappa Phi University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2014 [39]
27 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Phi Kappa Psi Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 2014 [40]
29 Script error: No such module "convert". Kappa Alpha Theta Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma [41]
30 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Pi Kappa Alpha Missouri Science & Technology Rolla, Missouri 2007 [42]
30 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Alpha Omicron Pi University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2009 [43][44]
32 Script error: No such module "convert". Kappa Sigma University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2014 [45]
33 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Phi Gamma Delta University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma

2008

[46]
33 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Alpha Tau Omega Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas

2013

[47]
35 Script error: No such module "convert". Kappa Sigma Missouri Science & Technology Rolla, Missouri 2011 [48]
36 Script error: No such module "convert". Sigma Sigma Sigma University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 2012 [49]
37 Script error: No such module "convert". Sigma Nu University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2017 [50]
38 Script error: No such module "convert". Pi Kappa Alpha University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2015 [51]
39 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Pi Kappa Alpha University of Illinois Champaign, Illinois 2011 [52][53]
39 (tie) Script error: No such module "convert". Sigma Chi University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 1951 [54]
41 Script error: No such module "convert". Alpha Chi Omega University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 2018 [55]
42 Script error: No such module "convert". Sigma Chi University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2012 [56]
43 Script error: No such module "convert". Phi Sigma Kappa Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 2011 [57]
44 Script error: No such module "convert". Phi Gamma Delta University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 2004 [58]
45 Script error: No such module "convert". Sigma Alpha Epsilon University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 1925 [59]
46 Script error: No such module "convert". Kappa Sigma University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 1931 [60]

See also

References

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