Kappa Sigma Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois)
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| name = Kappa Sigma Fraternity House
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| image = Kappa Sigma uiuc.JPG
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| location = 212 E. Daniel St., Champaign, Illinois
| coordinates = {{coord|40|6|29|N|88|14|12|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Illinois#USA
| built = {{Start date|1911}}
| architect = Hubbard, Archie H.
| builder = Stoolman, Almon W.
| architecture = Italian Renaissance
| added = August 28, 1989
| area = less than one acre
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500202|title=Fraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana--Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois MPS}}
| refnum = 89001109{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
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The Kappa Sigma Fraternity House is a historic fraternity house at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois. The house was built in 1911 for the Alpha Gamma chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1989
History
The Alpha Gamma chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity was established at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
The fraternity built its chapter house at 212 East Daniel Street in Champaign in 1911. It was one of the university's first large fraternity houses. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1989.
Architecture
Architect Archie H. Hubbard, a member of the fraternity, designed the house in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It was built by A. W. Stoolman, a local contractor. The three-story brick building features a loggia or covered gallery on its two side facades and belt courses dividing the floors. The upper two stories of the building have distinctive diamond-patterned brickwork.{{cite web|last1=Kummer|first1=Karen L.|last2=Bastyr|first2=Linda|last3=Blair|first3=Lachlan F.|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kappa Sigma Fraternity House|url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201002.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306074425/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201002.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2016|publisher=Illinois Historic Preservation House|access-date=June 28, 2015|date=May 9, 1989}}
See also
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Category:Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Illinois
Category:Houses completed in 1911
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Champaign County, Illinois
Category:Buildings and structures of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign