what is the largest house

kstar · #1 09-20-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by irishpipes

Then I would highly doubt that it is the largest. AOII is building a 30,000 square foot house at Arkansas, and I haven't heard anything about it being the "new" largest sorority house. At OU, the Alpha Phi house doesn't even appear to be the largest. Is it really larger than the DG house there? I know that looks an be deceiving, but a couple of houses there look larger than the Alpha Phi house.

The old Phi Mu/Alpha Phi house at OU is actually over 30,000 sq. ft. and it is twice the size of the DG house at OU (which isn't even in the top 5 houses in terms of size.) It is deceptively large, 3 stories, and can house over 100 women. All in BEDROOMS- no sleeping porches.

Phi Mu has now bought the old ZTA house, from when they left. The Alpha Phi house stands empty, but there was a rumor that they would be coming back to OU since Zeta left.

irishpipes · #2 09-21-2006, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by kstar

The old Phi Mu/Alpha Phi house at OU is actually over 30,000 sq. ft. and it is twice the size of the DG house at OU (which isn't even in the top 5 houses in terms of size.) It is deceptively large, 3 stories, and can house over 100 women. All in BEDROOMS- no sleeping porches.

Phi Mu has now bought the old ZTA house, from when they left. The Alpha Phi house stands empty, but there was a rumor that they would be coming back to OU since Zeta left.

The Alpha Phi on this thread posted that the OU Alpha Phi house is 29,000 square feet. Maybe there have been additions. Who knows. Twice the size of DG? What is the size of the DG house? I just used DG as an example because it is another fairly new house at OU, and it appears very large, although I have no idea what the square footage is.

Also, Alpha Phi has recolonized at OU this Fall. I understand they accepted around 100 women, are renovating the house, and will be moving back in for Fall 2007.

kstar · #3 09-21-2006, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by irishpipes

The Alpha Phi on this thread posted that the OU Alpha Phi house is 29,000 square feet. Maybe there have been additions. Who knows. Twice the size of DG? What is the size of the DG house? I just used DG as an example because it is another fairly new house at OU, and it appears very large, although I have no idea what the square footage is.

Also, Alpha Phi has recolonized at OU this Fall. I understand they accepted around 100 women, are renovating the house, and will be moving back in for Fall 2007.

I don't know the exact size of the DG house, but the footprint is about half the size of the A Phi house. I'm pretty sure that the DG house is smaller than Theta and even the Alpha Gam house. I know that DG house uses sleeping porches to maximize the number of girls it can house.

Being a grad student, I haven't a clue about the current climate in south greek, aside from the kid that got hit because there are no sidewalks.

PeppyGPhiB · #4 09-21-2006, 01:57 PM

Just to give the west coast some love, I direct you to the U-Dub Chi Omega house, which claims to be "the second largest fraternal structure west of the Mississippi"

http://students.washington.edu/chiomega/ourhouse.html

And, it even looks pretty from the outside (in my opinion)

OleMissGlitter · #5 09-21-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Just to give the west coast some love, I direct you to the U-Dub Chi Omega house, which claims to be "the second largest fraternal structure west of the Mississippi"

http://students.washington.edu/chiomega/ourhouse.html

And, it even looks pretty from the outside (in my opinion)

That house is amazing!

PeppyGPhiB · #6 09-21-2006, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

That house is amazing!

Isn't it? I'm in love with several of the houses at UW, of course I've only seen them from the outside since I didn't go to school there.

Elise · #7 12-10-2006, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Just to give the west coast some love, I direct you to the U-Dub Chi Omega house, which claims to be "the second largest fraternal structure west of the Mississippi"

http://students.washington.edu/chiomega/ourhouse.html

And, it even looks pretty from the outside (in my opinion)

I live right next to the Chi O house at UW! I was fortunate enough to be invited for a house tour of it during rush and it is HUGE.
The houses at UW are beautiful

AnchorAlumna · #8 12-11-2006, 12:05 AM

I dunno...super big houses = super big liabilities. So many college students prefer their own apartments...seems like Greeks would be trending toward smaller houses, with bigger meeting rooms and fewer residents. When you have those big houses, it takes a LOT of bodies to fill them to pay the bills. JMHO.

PeppyGPhiB · #9 12-11-2006, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Elise

I live right next to the Chi O house at UW! I was fortunate enough to be invited for a house tour of it during rush and it is HUGE.
The houses at UW are beautiful

I drove by greek row(s) at UW last night, and the streets and their houses looked so beautiful with all their white Christmas lights!

honeychile · #10 05-02-2007, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Just to give the west coast some love, I direct you to the U-Dub Chi Omega house, which claims to be "the second largest fraternal structure west of the Mississippi"

http://students.washington.edu/chiomega/ourhouse.html

And, it even looks pretty from the outside (in my opinion)

OMIGOSH!!! I've seen that house, and thought it was a dorm! Do they have a few thousand chapter members or something?

Not necessarily the largest by any means, but a few years ago, a Beta Theta Pi alum donated $3.5 million towards restoring their house at Penn State, thought to be the largest donation to a fraternity at the time. If you've ever seen any of the PSU fraternity houses, you know that they're pretty nice to begin with. Here's a link to the article; here's the house as it stands right now.

LionTamer · #11 05-03-2007, 08:38 AM

Thanks for that post about Beta, honeychile - it brought back a lot of memories. Way too many nights dragged out to there to keep an eye on my friend's cheating Beta boyfriend....

It's indeed a beautiful house - you should see it at Christmas - they put a two-story high tree in the living room. We had a really posh tree-decorating social with them, very different from the more uproarious parties thrown by other houses.

Penn State has some amazingly gorgeous fraternity houses - old fieldstone mansions with baloneys, grands stairways, etc. When I was at school, the guys kept most of the houses really well. Sadly, (with Beta as a standout exception) I understand that many of them no longer do so. I have friends who are TKEs who said that the undergraduates have trashed their beautiful house so badly that the the town is trying to get it closed.

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive...07dnews-07.asp

sooneralumni · #12 09-21-2006, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kstar

I don't know the exact size of the DG house, but the footprint is about half the size of the A Phi house. I'm pretty sure that the DG house is smaller than Theta and even the Alpha Gam house. I know that DG house uses sleeping porches to maximize the number of girls it can house.

Being a grad student, I haven't a clue about the current climate in south greek, aside from the kid that got hit because there are no sidewalks.

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Well, I have a set of the blueprints right now on my dining room table for the A-Phi house at OU and it's 29,000 s.f., we are spending $1.4 million completely renovating it and yes, it will be full next fall with most of our 100+ new members! We are so excited to be back on campus and the house will have a Starbucks type study lounge, spa bathrooms, gorgeous hardwoods, brick outdoor dining room, all new decor and furniture, etc. All bedrooms will house 2 girls (a few 3 girl rooms) with custom furniture.

I don't think anyone will ever know for sure WHAT house is the biggest in the nation as most houses probably don't even have current blueprints on them. So everyone can say theirs is the biggest and no one will be the wiser!

Looks are deceiving though...our 3rd floor is with dormers and our newer wing stretches out in the back, so just driving by, it probably doesn't look bigger then some of the others. I am just so thrilled our Chapter has recolonized with some awesome girls, our house will be shiny and new again, and we are back for good!

Phi alumn - '97 graduated

Mooch279 · #13 09-22-2006, 09:34 AM

I'm not sure of the numbers but looking at the picture the Lambda Chi house at Indiana Univ. is a big freaking house. http://www.indiana.edu/~lxa/

DG4me · #14 07-17-2008, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kstar

I don't know the exact size of the DG house, but the footprint is about half the size of the A Phi house. I'm pretty sure that the DG house is smaller than Theta and even the Alpha Gam house. I know that DG house uses sleeping porches to maximize the number of girls it can house.

Being a grad student, I haven't a clue about the current climate in south greek, aside from the kid that got hit because there are no sidewalks.

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.