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Vilas Mansion
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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 Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities until 1965, when the house was razed.
circa 1920-1929
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WHi 52011
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Judge Levi B. Vilas Residence
1940
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 Gamma Delta and then Sigma Phi Epsilon fratern...
Levi B. and Ester Smilie Vilas Mansion
1950
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 Gamma Delta and then the Sigma Phi Epsilon ...
Levi Vilas House
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 Gamma Delta and then by Sigma Phi Epsilon,...
Drawing for Phi Gamma (Delta) Fraternity House
1925
The proposed design for the Phi Gamma fraternity house on Langdon Street by Frank Lloyd Wright. This design was found unsuitable and the building was never built.
