Property Record
810 COLLEGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | BETA THETA PHI FRATERNITY HOUSE |
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Other Name: | PHI KAPPA PSI FRATERNITY HOUSE |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 58025 |
Location (Address): | 810 COLLEGE ST |
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County: | Rock |
City: | Beloit |
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Year Built: | 1920 |
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Survey Date: | 19802015 |
Historic Use: | dormitory |
Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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Wall Material: | Brick |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | Eclectic Resurgence: Colonial Revival. Fine example of 1920s Colonial Revival. Accurately detailed, well proportioned. Red brick, slate (?) roof. Handsome entrance with bonnet top and sidelights. Well proportioned dormers with broken pediments and arched sash. Porches and wings appear to be original and appropriate in scale. Constructed on the site of Joseph Emerson's home at 810 College St. The fraternity house was owned by the college and rented to the fraternity. By 1905, Beloit College owned all of Block 31, except lots 4,5,12 and 13. however, Mrs. Emerson is still at this address in the 1919 directory. Beta Theta Pi is the earliest fraternity organized at Beloit College, in 1860. |
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Bibliographic References: | (A) Historical Sites and Points of Interest on Rock County, Wisconsin, Rock County Tourism Council, 5/1994. (B) Beloit Tax Rolls, RCHS Archives. (C) Beloit City Directories, 1862-1919. (D) Book of Beloit, p. 56. (E) Sketches of Beloit College, Eaton, p. 240. (F) Beloit Daily News, September 2, 1975. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |