This is the new Tri-Delta chapter house at Univ. of Florida
 

Univ. of Florida Delta Delta Delta Chapter House

An article gave some information about this new chapter house. It is about 25,000 sq. feet and will house 72 women in suite type rooms with adjoining study rooms. Important common areas are parlor, media room and library with piano. The most interesting aspect of the house is the fingerprint entry feature. Each member's fingerprint is used to enter the house for safety purposes. It also complies with all new handicap access and safety regulations. An elevator for the three floors assures wheelchair accessibility.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...an/1775419.jpg

The Alpha Phi Sorority house at Oklahoma is over 30,000 sq ft and can sleep in the neighborhood of 100-110 active members. Its three stories tall in a large L shape including a circle drive in the front and second story patio off the presidents suite. Its nice...

I'm not sure what the largest fraternity house is but im sure the Sigma Chi house at Oklahoma is a good contender at 24,000 sq ft.

The Kappa Sigma House at Oklahoma is 19,000 sq ft with plans for a new 30,000 sq ft facility.

Wow. I had no idea EX was that large at OU. I've driven by it many times and it looks nice, but not HUGE. I guess it either goes back a ways, or goes underground?

Tri-Delt there seems like a really large house also.

Right now, the nation's largest fraternity houses in square footage may be at Florida State: Pike = 40,000 under one roof; Lambda Chi = 40,000 total in two buildings; Phi Delt = 40,000 total in three buildings. But the difference is that we don't house the huge numbers like fraternities in the west. We're each at about 60 live-ins. No one here could even imagine housing 100+ Brothers in one house.

Largest fraternity house is in no doubt... Pi Kappa Alpha

their house at Florida State University is the #1 largest house in square feet.

[quote=KappaSig05;1566270]The Alpha Phi Sorority house at Oklahoma is over 30,000 sq ft and can sleep in the neighborhood of 100-110 active members. Its three stories tall in a large L shape including a circle drive in the front and second story patio off the presidents suite. Its nice...

I live at the Alpha Phi house at OU. Unfortunately we can't live in 100 girls its more like 86, but I do believe the square footage is about 30,000. Our bedrooms are a really good size. Our two girl rooms are about the size of average 3-girl rooms on our campus. And thanks for the complement on our house!

Pike at FSU is the biggest fraternity house in the nation... or so they claim.
I think Phi Delt's is a little bigger but its spread apart into two townhouse complexes and a main house with apartments.

Phi Delta Theta is the best though

No...
Pike's house at FSU is the largest in the nation with 40,000 square feet under one roof.
The Lambda Chis and Phi Delts both have beautiful and impressive homes, but the Lambda Chis have two singular houses separated by a courtyard, and the Phi Delts have three unconnected houses on one lot. The same architect designed all three: Pike, Lambda Chi and Phi Delt. I can't say who has the most total square feet, but the Pike house is a single building.

Whether Phi Delt is best, though, is a matter to be settled on the field of honor...

Wow! These chapter houses are huge! I can only image the number of new members every year or even the total number of active sisters! Yikes! I'd love to swing by the campus of UW to see their row of houses!

i've alway heard (and it could be very wrong) that the Ole Miss Tri Delt house was the biggest sorority house in the SEC and the 3rd biggest in the nation, and from the inside it looks huge but like i said that could be wrong

Kstar, I believe you are mistaken about the DG house. True, we're not as big as Alpha Phi, but defintely no sleeping porches here. The maximum number of girls in a room at the DG house at Oklahoma is 4. The 4-girl rooms are actually quite big- complete with 4 beds, 4 built in closets, room for 4 desks, and room to spare for a couch. Additionally, we also have a separate Annex in the back of the house that has individual bedrooms, usually for senior women.

Beta Theta Pi has a new house under construction at the University of Missouri. According to an article in today's Columbia Tribune, the new house will be 41,000 square feet, which makes it larger than the Pi Kappa Alpha house at Florida State.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/jun/18/42/

Wonder how this is working? My job involves arrest fingerprint cards.

When we were testing live-scan equipment, I was told that my fingerprints were too worn from decades of typing to be legible!

When Georgia had the fingerprint-on-driver's-license requirement, the incompetent GSP employee did a lousy job and it was hard to get a match for the next 2 years.

Pike House at FSU
 

No, if you'll go to the Beta website and see the construction photos, it's clear that they'll have two separate buildings. The Pike house at FSU will remain the largest in the nation with 40,000 square feet under one roof. But it does sound like the Betas are building a showcase house. If you want to see another fabulous house, visit SAE at Kentucky.

That could be the case, but the article indicated "The new house will be 41,000 square feet, nearly twice the size of the old one." The article doesn't address the old annex at all, which will remain and is not part of the new construction project.

FYI - elevators are required in a lot of building codes these days. And most GLOs don't allow regular use of them - just during move in, move out, recruitment set moving, etc.
The new DG house at Alabama will be 34,400 SF and will house 60. I believe the new Tri Delta house there will be 40,000 SF.

Also wasn't SAE removed at Kentucky in 2010? Any idea who's using that house now?

It is still empty from what I have seen.

Wow. If that's the case Beta will have one house at 41K plus an annex at probably (?) 10K. That should set a mark that may never be surpassed. I've seen a lot of house plans and I'll stick to my guess that the two houses together equal 41K. However, hats-off to Beta. Records are made to be broken.

Re SAE at UK, they had a hazing incident this spring and the members have been moved out of the house because of a fire-related violation. It was bad, but I doubt that SAE will be out of their house for long.

UK’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter was suspended March 2010 and is scheduled to return from suspension Fall 2012. My understanding is that their house is not now, nor will be, used by any other GLO (or other group) during SAE’s suspension.

FWIW, even though posters in this thread were saying that the Alpha Phi house at Oklahoma was the biggest, they say on their site that they're the 2nd biggest (3rd paragraph). They don't say who the biggest one is.
http://www.alphaphisooners.com/recruit_new.html

the top 11 houses are listed on wikipedia (which of course is the font of everything)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_A...rority_housing

it seems fairly accurate

Thanks for the look at houses. If I'm not mistaken, that magnificent TKE house is actually the SAE house at Missouri, a former Governor's mansion. I don't know why the SAEs aren't there - probably hazing because that's what usually brings chapters down. I'm sure SAE will be back soon.

The most beautiful fraternity house I have ever seen, and I've seen hundreds on campuses all across the country, is the Sigma Pi house at Penn State. It looks like a Sherwood Forest castle from a fairy tale. That's an unmanly description I know, but its just stunning at twilight.

Didn't some Beta Theta Pi alum give millions to his PSU chapter for a huge, luxurious house?

Yes. He gave his chapter over 8.5 million dollars. They did a complete restoration of the existing house that Beta built in 1929. The house is located at 220 North Burrowes Street in State College, PA. The house can be viewed from the street via Google maps.