Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter (Champaign, Illinois)

Alpha Phi Fraternity House--Beta Alpha Chapter
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	508 E. Amory Ave., Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates	40°6′27″N 88°13′52″W / 40.10750°N 88.23111°WCoordinates: 40°6′27″N 88°13′52″W / 40.10750°N 88.23111°W
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Harris, Charles
Architectural style	Georgian Revival
MPS	Fraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana--Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois MPS
NRHP Reference #	05001250[1]
Added to NRHP	November 15, 2005

The Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter is a historic fraternity house located at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois. The university's Beta Alpha chapter of the Alpha Phi women's fraternity purchased the house, which was built in 1909 as a private residence, in 1923. The chapter was formed in 1919 and officially charted in 1922; its members were active in many campus groups and organized social functions and charitable activities. In 1937-38, architect Charles Harris of Decatur remodeled the house in the Georgian Revival style. The two-story brick building has a five-bay exterior with a central entrance; key Georgian details include raised brick quoins, pedimented dormers projecting from the gable roof, and large brick chimneys on either side.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 2005.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Kummer, Karen Lang (April 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Alpha Phi Fraternity House - Beta Alpha Chapter" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved July 12, 2015.