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Three Coeds in New DeSoto

Date: 04 29 1931
Description: Three coeds in a new DeSoto Roadster in front of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, located at 237 Lakelawn Place.
Painting

Marston House

Date: 1939
Description: The Marston house, located at 524 North Henry Street, was built in 1851 in the Greek revival style for Jeremiah T. Marston, who operated a store on State S...
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Chi Omega Sorority House

Date: 12 05 1971
Description: Exterior view of the brick Chi Omega Sorority House at 115 Langdon Street.
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Sigma Kappa Fraternity House Homecoming Display

Date: 11 08 1952
Description: Sigma Kappa fraternity house decorated as a showboat for a University of Wisconsin-Madison Homecoming celebration.
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Phi Delta Theta Homecoming Display

Date: 11 07 1952
Description: The Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, 222 Langdon Street, is decorated for Homecoming with a theme of Bucky Badger whipping the Northwestern University Wil...
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Chi Psi Lodge Entrance

Date: 02 17 1974
Description: Exterior view of the castle-like entrance of Chi Psi Lodge fraternity house at 150 Iota Court.
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North Henry Street

Date: 1951
Description: A view looking west along the 500 block of North Henry Street from its intersection with Gilman Street. The Greek Revival residence visible at right center...
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House on Iota Court

Date: 1917
Description: View looking uphill towards the house at 150 Iota Court, built in 1911-1912 from local sandstone for the Chi Psi fraternity.
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House on Iota Court

Date: 1917
Description: View looking down towards the house at 150 Iota Court, built in 1911-1912 from local sandstone for the Chi Psi fraternity.
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Alpha Phi Sorority House

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Description: The Alpha Phi Sorority house, 819 Irving Place, built in 1906. In the early 1960s the University of Wisconsin purchased the house and used it first as a wo...
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Langdon Street House

Date: 1899
Description: Cyanotype view of 630 Langdon Street, built in 1890 for E.T. Owne. From 1894 to 1899 it was used as the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house. It was demolish...
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Charles Brown Residence

Date: 05 12 1896
Description: The Charles N. Brown residence, 271 Langdon Street, erected in 1886 and demolished in 1929. Brown was an attorney who served as court commissioner, and was...
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Fuller Residence

Date: 1930
Description: 2 Langdon Street, built in 1857. From 1877 to 1885 it served as the residence of E.M. Fuller, who built Madison's Fuller Opera House. It was extensively ...
Photograph

124 Langdon Street

Date: 1924
Description: 124 Langdon Street, viewed from Lake Mendota. The house was designed by Madison architect Frank Riley and built in 1924 for the Kappa Sigma fraternity. T...
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Langdon Street House

Date: 1926
Description: 250 Langdon Street. This Tudor Revival-style house, erected around 1906, was built for the Delta Gamma sorority, though at the time of this photo the stru...
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622 Mendota Court

Date: 1925
Description: 622 Mendota Court. This Mediterranean Revival fraternity house was designed by Law Brothers architects and erected in 1925 for the Beta Theta Pi chapter. B...
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Levi Vilas House

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Description: An external view of the Levi Vilas house, located at the corner of Henry and Langdon Streets. The house later became a fraternity house, first used by Phi ...
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Judge Levi B. Vilas Residence

Date: 1940
Description: An exterior view of the Levi B. Vilas mansion at the corner of Henry and Langdon Streets. Built about 1850, it later became a fraternity house for Phi Gamm...
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Vilas Mansion

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Description: View from across Langdon Street looking toward the residence of Levi B. Vilas. Built in 1851, the house was later used by the Phi Gamma Delta and then Sig...
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Levi B. and Ester Smilie Vilas Mansion

Date: 1950
Description: An exterior view of the Levi B. and Ester Smilie Vilas mansion, located at 521 North Henry Street. Built around 1851, the house was later used by the Phi G...

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