Let's hear about/see your house!

[queequek]

BrianDU,

Sorry for the late reply ...
Too bad, we have problem here at Iowa State about registering historical landmark ... currently I would say about 10 buildings are REALLY historical here (including our house), and only one is registered as historical landmark (Iowa State Farmhouse Museum). Sad, but true. Now we have problem with one of the building here (Morrill Hall), some people want to put 9 million dollar to renovate it (it was built in 1850s), and some who don't care want to tear it down and build one spectacular modern building.

For our house ... No, we don't have to go dry ... although we have to take a good care (really good care) for our house. We own our house, so it is property of Theta Delta Chi. As long as our house is not nationally registered, basically we can do anything we want to the structure.

Disanvantage, of course, some people really picky about place they're gonna live for the next four years, so rush is sometime hard. The tendency is to go to other houses that brand new, with all sparkling new furnitures and fully equipped. Our maximum capacity is 52, but since it is hard to fit three people in one room, we're looking at 45. Meaning we cannot become big house (the rule says 50 in-house members). As far as all structure code, we don't have sprinkler system, for instance, and our fire escape is really traditional one. A lot of things are neat, though, for example, we still have the stove for central heating system.
Also, we are looking for renovation in the near future - a really tough one. We had some visual architects stopped by to see our place, and they told us that we will have to restore a lot of things of the structure since our place is historical.
As the result, we have to raise more money than before to renovate our place (restore is more expensive than replace!)

Advantage, of course, we are proud that we're living in the oldest house for fraternal living at Iowa State. Some people stopped by at our place, and take pictures of our place ... we have plenty awesome furnitures (coffee table, dining room chairs and piano) and awesome details on the structure. For instance, in our computer lab, we have an unknown arch that looks really weird and creepy (yaiks! I am looking at it now!)

As far as ghosts issue, I think it would be another good topic to discuss.

[SSS1365]

Wow, I'm so jealous of everyone who has a house, especially a really nice one! Nobody officially has a house here The sororities are all housed in a dorm. There are 4 floors, and each of the top 3 is split into 3 sections... each sorority has a section with the chapter room and everything. We can only house about 20 girls. The 1st floor is split up by rooms, where each sorority has a room on the 1st floor and whoever wants to live in it can. A picture of the dorm is at: http://web.lwc.edu/facility/housing.htm

It's the Stubbs Residence Hall (3rd one down, I think).

[veruca76]

Originally posted by BrianMUDU:
NEW QUESTION!

Does anyone know what the largest house is, like, in North America? Or what campus has the largest/best houses as far as size goes? Here at Miami we have big houses, but they aren't huge mansions like some of these I've seen.

The official biggest sorority house was built by Alpha Phi at the University of Oklahoma but it's currently occupied by Phi Mu. The second biggest (at least according to what they told me) is Pi Beta Phi at the University of Colorado. It's a really magnificent house. I don't think there's a picture on the internet anywhere but I'll look.

[Tom Earp]

UK, is that Kansas or Kentucky? The SAE House at Kansas is Fantastic! But it does not coever a block, it just looks lie it! Not sure of the cost but in MillS.
The SX house is also Big as well as some of the others but in different styles!

SN House I beleive is the oldest and LXA moved into the old AOP House as they were taken off campus! Where AKL, LXA, AGD, TKE and 3 others were, the U is tearing down to build apartments. AGD is moving in to the DTD house as they were kicked off of campus. A whole lot of changes on the campus!

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Tom Earp LX Z#1
Pittsburg State U. (Kansas)

[TechADPI]

I thought I would share what the absolutely GORGEOUS Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, and Tri Delta houses look like at University of Washington.
http://students.washington.edu/panhell/AXiD.htm
http://students.washington.edu/panhell/ChiO.htm
http://students.washington.edu/panhell/DDeltaD.htm

[Mountaineer]

omg!! How many girls live in those houses?? They are massive and very beautiful!!!

[phisigQT]

Wow!!! I am so jealous of all you guys with those gorgeous houses. I unfortunately attend a school ina county where so-called brothel laws are still in effect

[Dianne]

For those interested, Univ of S Carolina has started building a Greek Village in downtown Columbia. USC has a HUGE greek system, so it's pretty exciting that they'll finally be getting houses. ZTA was the first to break ground on a house. Of course, Columbia is a very boring place to go to school. There's nothing to do there (that's my hometown), so once this Greek Village is done, I have the feeling that it's gonna be a madhouse!

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"Seek the noblest."
Zeta Love! <3

[AngelPhiSig]

It will take a while to load but go to
http://phisigmasigma.freeyellow.com

and click on HOUSE

Keep in mind: Clarion is a SMALL school. Total for sororities is 60 sisters! Our house is the nicest (In alot of opinions)... we dont have cooks, we eat on campus or cook ourselves... our house holds 18 women, with 2 singles. We have a nice sized chapter room and we're very proud of it! Oh yea, and were right off campus too!!

the website is getting redone, but check it out!

<3 Ali

[This message has been edited by AngelPhiSig (edited July 03, 2001).]

[pigpen]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tom Earp
[B]In the words of Snoopy, ARRRG all of these fancy houses make me sick, ill, and want to cry!
[QUOTE]

Great quote!

[AOX81]

Ok, here is a picture of our old house...everyone get ready for a good laugh. This is what happens when you T.P. Theta Chi

http://www.alphathetachi.net/photos_misc.htm

[skip101]

How did your chapters origianally come up with the money to finance your homes?

[TriSigmaTX]

Here's the sorority house that I lived in!
I loved it. It fit 45 of us and was used during a war for injured soldiers. It's very old.

http://www.emporia.edu/soa/greek/ssshome.html

[UofISigKap]

I loved the house when I was active, and it always seems they are adding something new or redecorating the inside. The link below shows a good chunk of the front of the house. The right section isn't shown though. The only thing that could make it better would be central air.
http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/sigmakappa/
Sigma Kappa at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Some of these houses are absolutely magnificant. Now I know why your dues are so much higher than mine were.