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Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter
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National Register of Historic Places

Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter

On the National Register since 200521 years
Georgian RevivalListed 2005Champaign
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter

Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter, at 508 E. Amory Ave., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 15, 2005. The Register lists it for its education and architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Georgian Revival, as it does for 37 other Illinois listings. It was listed as part of Fraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana-Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois MPS. Nine more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isUnited States historic place. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 26 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1909 to today

  1. 1909Built
  2. 2005Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 21 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

508 E. Amory Ave., Champaign · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha ChapterStart here
  2. 2The GeorgianGeorgian Revival · next door
  3. 3Altgeld Hall, University of IllinoisRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 1897 · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4Chemical LaboratorySecond Empire · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Natural History BuildingHigh Victorian Gothic · next door
Around it

23 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BLibrary-University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGeorgian Revival0.2 miBDelta Upsilon Fraternity HouseTudor Revival0.2 miBPhi Delta Theta Fraternity HouseEnglish Revival0.2 miBSigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity HouseBungalow/Craftsman0.2 miBBeta Theta Pi Fraternity HouseClassical Revival0.2 miBDelta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity HouseTudor Revival0.2 miBAlpha Delta Phi Fraternity HouseTudor Revival0.2 miBUniversity of Illinois Astronomical ObservatoryBuilding0.3 mi★University of Illinois ObservatoryBuilding0.3 miBSmith, Tina Weedon, Memorial HallBeaux Arts0.3 miBUnitarian Church of UrbanaGothic0.3 miBKappa Sigma Fraternity HouseItalian Renaissance0.3 miBFarm HouseLate Victorian0.4 miBAlpha Rho Chi Fraternity HouseArts and Crafts0.4 mi★Morrow Plots, University of IllinoisSite0.4 miBKappa Delta Rho Fraternity HouseFrench Eclectic0.4 miBAlpha Delta Pi Sorority HouseFrench Eclectic0.4 miBWomen's Gymnasium, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGeorgian Revival · Built 19300.4 mi
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BWomen's Residence Hall-West Residence Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGeorgian Revival0.4 miBMetal ShopBuilding0.4 miBMilitary Drill Hall and Men's GymnasiumBuilding0.4 miBGamma Phi Beta Sorority HouseColonial Revival0.5 miStStone Arch BridgeStructure0.5 mi
More like it

Georgian Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Georgian Revival.

The Georgian0.1 mi away
Library-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign0.2 mi away
Women's Gymnasium, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBuilt 1930 · 0.4 mi away
Women's Residence Hall-West Residence Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign0.4 mi away

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Questions about Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter

Is Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Nov 15, 2005 (Register number 05001250).

Is Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Illinois has 86 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is University of Illinois Observatory, 0.3 miles away.

Can you visit Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 26 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 28890769 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.