Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District

1533 Virginia Ave

Sigma Pi House, Ca. 1907-20

BrickContributes to the historic character of the district

1907–1920
18001850190019502000

Suggest a correction or removal

What is it about?

From the National Register nomination

Fraternity house. Colonial Revival. Ca. 1907-20. Brick (stretcher bond); 2 stories; low hipped roof; symmetrical 3-bay front; 2-story tetrastyle Tuscan portico. Projecting eaves with broad plain wooden cornice; front entry with elliptical fanlight. One of the two largest dwellings on Virginia Avenue, this building housed at least one other fraternity in the 1930s and '40s. Sigma Pi has occupied it since ca. 1964.

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