834 COLLEGE STREET | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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834 COLLEGE STREET

Architecture and History Inventory
834 COLLEGE STREET | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:SIGNMA CHI FRATERNITY HOUSE
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:58028
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):834 COLLEGE STREET
County:Rock
City:Beloit
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1932
Additions:
Survey Date:1981
Historic Use:dormitory
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Well proportioned two story plus attic Colonial Revival fraternity house, fo red brick. Central wing has large portico with four fluted columns (Doric); portico is inset with square pilasters as corner boards; inset area is stuccoed. Three dormers above the portico. Subsidiary wing has a flat roof. One of a group of several fraternity and sorority houses built and owned by the college for the use of the undergraduate social clubs.
Bibliographic References:(A) Historical Sites and Points of Interest in Rock County, Wisconsin, Rock County Tourism Council, 5/1994. (B) R.H. Irrmann, College Archivist, October, 1981.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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