Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity

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| name = Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity

| nrhp_type =

| image = File:Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity on Syracuse University campus.jpg

| caption = Pi chapter house, 2022

| location = 101 College Place, Syracuse, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|2|21.63|N|76|7|53.8|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| area =

| built = 1898

| architect = W. W. Taber

| architecture = Classical Revival

| added = May 16, 1985

| refnum = 85001124 {{NRISref|2007a}}

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File:Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity 1.jpg

The Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity is a building on the Syracuse University campus.{{Cite web |last=Speach |first=Amy |title=Psi Upsilon Chapter House Restored to Former Glory - Syracuse.edu |url=https://www.syracuse.edu/stories/psi-upsilon-house-restored/ |access-date=2020-01-04 |website=www.syracuse.edu |date=14 December 2017 |language=en-US}} It was designed by Wellington W. Taber and built for Psi Upsilon fraternity in 1898. Pi Chapter House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85001124|title=NPGallery Digital Asset Management System: Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity|last=|first=|date=16 May 1985|website=npgallery.nps.gov|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-30}}

Pi Chapter House is architecturally significant for its Neoclassical design and its historic role as "the oldest intact surviving fraternity residence at Syracuse University and for its association with the emergence of fraternal organizations as major components of Syracuse college life at the turn of the 20th century."{{cite web|last=Harwood|first=John|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6362|date=April 1985|accessdate=2009-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210055735/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6362|archive-date=2011-12-10|url-status=dead}} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6361 Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 1984] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210053229/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6361 |date=2011-12-10 }}

The building underwent a $350,000 facade renovation in phases between 2009 and September 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.edu/wp-content/uploads/sumagazine-2014-fall.pdf|title=Syracuse Magazine|last=Speach|first=Amy|date=August 2014|website=Syracuse University Magazine|page=44|language=en-US|publication-place=Syracuse, NY|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-04}} The renovations were intended to restore the house to its historical architectural integrity. The exterior was painted white, replacing the darker yellow tint enduring since the mid-1970s.

The Pi chapter of Psi Upsilon was established at Syracuse University in 1875, but was operating before that when SU was known as Genesee College, under the name Upsilon Kappa. Upsilon Kappa was a secret society that disbanded after every chapter meeting, in an effort to preserve secrecy without members lying to outsiders about their participation.