Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois)

The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House was a historic fraternity house located at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois. The house was built in 1924-25 for the university's chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, which formed in 1903. During its early years, the fraternity's members included several prominent university athletes. Architect Ralph W. Varney designed the building in the Tudor Revival style. The house's design reflected the formal Jacobethan subtype of Tudor Revival architecture, which could be seen in its extensive stone decorations on its brick exterior, such as quoins and oriels, and its steep gable roof with gabled dormers. Half-timbering, a common feature of informal Tudor Revival designs, was notably absent.[2]

Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House
Location310 E. John St., Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates40°6′33″N 88°14′2″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
ArchitectVarney, Ralph W.
Architectural styleTudor Revival
MPSFraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana--Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois MPS
NRHP reference No.90000752[1]
Added to NRHPMay 21, 1990

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1990.[1]

The building was demolished in January 2018 to make room for a new Fraternity house for Alpha Delta Phi to be opened in 2021.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kolde, Brian (January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved July 5, 2015.


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