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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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Alph Gamma Pho Fraternity House

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

Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House

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

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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Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House

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Description: Exterior of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, built in 1880. The chapter house was built on the campus of the University of the South, founded in 1865. The...
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity House

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Description: Exterior of Kappa Sigma fraternity house, built in 1882. The chapter house was built on the campus of the University of the South, founded in 1865. The log...
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Gamma Delta Club

Date: 1942
Description: Group portrait of members of a club for teenage girls at Neighborhood House, with four girls seated at a table with a banner that reads "Gamma Delta," and ...
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Alpha Iota, of Chi Psi Third Annual Banquet Menu

Date: 11 05 1891
Description: Front cover and menu page of the third annual banquet of the Alpha Iota of Chi Psi fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On the cover is a por...
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Chi Psi Fraternity

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Description: Interior view of a living area through a pocket door in the Chi Psi fraternity at 627 North Lake Street and Lake Lawn Court. The house was built in 1892 an...
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Chi Psi Fraternity House

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Description: Exterior northeast view from street towards the house at 627 North Lake Street, at the intersection of Lake Street and Mendota Court. Lake Mendota is in th...

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