Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House, Classical Revival fraternity house in Champaign, United States
This building was a student residence with classical architectural design in Champaign. A brick structure with a slate roof featured a two-story front porch supported by Tuscan columns and accommodated approximately forty residents.
The building was constructed in 1912 as one of the largest student residences on the University of Illinois campus. It remained active until its demolition in 2020.
Members called the second-floor balcony above the Tuscan-columned porch "The Beach." The house held a reception hall, card room, library and dining room on the first floor, with bedrooms and studies above, and its opening dance on October 25, 1912 drew members and alumni.
The house stood at 202 East Daniel Street in Champaign, west of the university campus. It was demolished in October 2020, so there is no building to visit; the site is now private ground. Beta Theta Pi returned as a colony in September 2021 and dedicated a non-residential facility in 2023.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1989, and demolished in October 2020, 31 years later. In May 2019 Landmarks Illinois had placed it on its list of "12 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois" as part of Greek housing at the university.
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