Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District

180 Rugby Rd

Beta Theta Pi House, 1929

BrickContributes to the historic character of the district

1929
18001850190019502000

From the National Register nomination

Fraternity house. Georgian Revival. Built 1929. Brick (Flemish Bond); 2 1/2 stories; gable roof; 2 front hipped dormers; 5-bay front; slightly-projecting central bay with pediment; no porch. Brick quoins; brick and frame cornice; bold wooden entry surround with 4 pilasters supporting Classical entablature. Stanislau Makielski, architect. One of the few fraternity houses of its era without a portico, the Beta House follows a more purely Georgian domestic design.

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  • Stanislau Makielski architect in 1929