Greek roots on campus

Beta Theta Pi House
Beta Theta Pi, founded in 1845 is the oldest fraternity on campus. The original Beta house, which sat between Alpha Tau Omega and Acacia on Third Street, burned down.
Remnants of the original house can still be seen there, Beta House Manager and senior Adam Onderdonk said.

From there, the house moved in 1927 to the location that is currently the School of Informatics and Computing.

The fraternity was removed from campus in 2001, and when it recolonized in 2003, members moved into their present location at 1100 N. Jordan Ave.

The house consists of two main wings: the North Wing and the Central Wing. The central wing consists of three floors, the top floor being the “Exec Floor,” where fraternity executives live.

Although there is no basement, the house contains a main great hall, a kitchen, many bedrooms, and conference rooms.

The property received a $40,000 renovation last summer.

Delta Delta Delta House
Prior to the building of the Tri Delt house, the property at 818 E. Third St. was occupied by two private residences. The sorority bought one of homes, but when the group outgrew the living area, members decided to built a larger house on the property.

The house, which still stands today, was built in the late 1920s, Tri Delt House Corporation Board President Michelle Conn Kahlo said, and was inspired by a modified English Tudor house.

Two renovations have taken place since the 1920s – once in the 1950s and once in the 1980s – and the sorority eventually bought the second private residence at the location and removed it from the property.

The members who live in the house stay in cold dorms, a living arrangement in which all the bunk beds are in one large room.

The house also features a formal and informal living room.