Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District

1702 Gordon Ave

Wood-Bidgood House; Phi Sigma Kappa House, 1891

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1891
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What is it about?

From the National Register nomination

Detached dwelling; now a fraternity house. Queen Anne. Built 1891; remodeled ca. 1910. Frame with stucco cladding; 2 1/2 stories; intersecting gable and hipped roofs; asymmetrical 3-bay front; 1-bay porches on both N and E facades. E gable pierced by round arch; square posts on porches. Zeta Beta Tau fraternity occupied this Queen Anne style house ca. 1952-58; since then it has housed Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

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