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Theta Chi Fraternity Members in front of Boathouse

Date: 1920
Description: Theta Chi fraternity members standing on the pier in front of the Lake Mendota Boathouse located at the foot of North Carroll Street. The boathouse was des...
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
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Alph Gamma Pho Fraternity House

Date: 1928
Description: Group of Alpha Gamma Pho Fraternity House members relaxing.
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Group of People in Fraternity House

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Description: Group of people in dormitory or fraternity house. Four girls and three men inside room. One girl has a guitar and the other a small megaphone.
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Man in Dormitory

Date: 1900
Description: Man in dormitory or fraternity playing banjo. There are signs that say "University of Missouri" and "Don't be woozy" above the door. There are photos and c...
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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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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 ...
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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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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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Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of University of Wisconsin-Madison fraternity house at 622 Mendota Court.
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Delta Upsilon

Date: 1908
Description: Fraternity house, 644 N Frances Street, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Sigma Chi House

Date: 1903
Description: View from Lake Mendota of house at 630 N. Lake Street. Robert C. Spencer, architect. The Armory and University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse are behind an...
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Sigma Chi House

Date: 1921
Description: View from Lake Mendota of house at 630 N. Lake Street. Robert C. Spencer, architect.
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Kappa Alpha Theta

Date: 1921
Description: Sorority House at 823 Irving Place. After the sorority moved to its new house on Lakelawn Place, the University of Wisconsin-Madison took over this buildin...
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Kappa Kappa Gamma

Date: 1925
Description: First of the Kappa Kappa Gamma houses, at 421 N. Park Street, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Caption reads: "Kappa Kappa Gamma House, University of Wisco...
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Phi Kappa Psi

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Description: Fraternity House at 811 State Street. The fraternity had this house torn down and a new house built on the same lot in the early 1920's. They lost the new ...

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