what is the largest house

[KSUViolet06]

I always thought the largest fraternity house was Florida State Pike.

[sooneralumni]

The Alpha Phi house at the University of Oklahoma is 29,000 s.f....I am the current HCB President and an architect which is why I know this odd fact.

[EE-BO]

Originally Posted by macallan25

I'm surprised the Phi Delt house at FSU was only 4$ million. I know of other houses that were quite a bit more than that.....but not the same size by any means.

Yup. At Texas I can think of 2-3 Greek Houses that could potentially be worth $10 million in the current market. And most of any size are easily worth $3 million these days.

[GDIfly]

I know this thread is *supposed to be* about square footage, but I thought I'd just address this:

Originally Posted by Hootie

How are you supposed to know that? That seems like an odd question (no offense)! I had to reread that one too ZTAngel! But to compare to your chart I know Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha are definately two of the three. Not sure of the third, but your guess is as good as mine!

According to Wikipedia (which, yes, has accuracy problems, but this is corroborated by the KKG website) KKG has over 200,000 initiated members. That puts it in second place behind ChiO (over 300,000) and ahead of ZTA ( over 187,000). However, Kappa Delta's website claims over 190,000 initiated members, which would push ZTA out of the top three-especially since I couldn't find any information at their website.

[macallan25]

I hate GDI's.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by sooneralumni

The Alpha Phi house at the University of Oklahoma is 29,000 s.f....I am the current HCB President and an architect which is why I know this odd fact.

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.

[OleMissGlitter]

I had always heard the Sig Ep house at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS was one of the largest fraternity houses in Mississippi.

Also, the Phi Delta house at FSU is huge! WOW! That makes the houses at Ole Miss look like little Barbie houses!

[Coramoor]

I'm not sure what the fetish is with having the largest Fraternity/Sorority house is. It can be huge, but still look really cheap and probably not have a long lige. A stronger consideration should be the nicest looking/designed fraternity/sorority house.

[PeppyGPhiB]

I'm getting a kick out of reading this thread, because my school didn't even have greek houses.

I'd rather have a pretty, old, gorgeous house than something that looks like a building on a campus. That one house that was linked to looks like a Chem lab building at my school.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Natalie0628

I'd rather have a pretty, old, gorgeous house than something that looks like a building on a campus. That one house that was linked to looks like a Chem lab building at my school.

I completely agree.

[Coramoor]

Definitly. Some look too sterile or business like, no personality.

Originally Posted by Natalie0628

I'd rather have a pretty, old, gorgeous house than something that looks like a building on a campus. That one house that was linked to looks like a Chem lab building at my school.

[Tom Earp]

Two of the Biggest LXA Houses I have seen and been in is Arkansas and UnOk.

Agree, Like the Old South Mansions or English Tudor styles myself!

[BamaDad DZ]

I just visited my daughter's DZ house at Bama this past weekend. Lovely old house, but the most important ingredients were the wonderful young ladies, the fantastic house mom, and some very incredible cooks....

[NutBrnHair]

"Home is not where you live but where they understand you."
-Christian Morgenstern


BamaDad DZ, I agree with you. (I can still taste the wonderful yeast rolls I enjoyed one evening at the Bama Chi Omega house!)