Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois) is located in Illinois
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois)
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois) is located in the United States
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois)
Location202 E. Daniel St., Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates40°6′29″N 88°14′9″W / 40.10806°N 88.23583°W / 40.10806; -88.23583
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
Built byAlmon W. Stoolman
ArchitectFrederick J. Klein
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSFraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana--Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois MPS
NRHP reference No.89001108[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1989

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.

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. The chapter has returned to campus and a new chapter house was dedicated in 2023.[2][3]

The University of Illinois Beta Theta Pi house being demolished on October 22, 2020

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Response to the Beta National's Plan to Sell the Sigma Rho Chapter Houseaccessdate=2019-07-28" (PDF).
  3. ^ 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.[dead link]


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