Property Record
150 IOTA CT.
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Chi Psi Lodge |
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Other Name: | Chi Psi Fraternity House |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 101689 |
Location (Address): | 150 IOTA CT. |
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County: | Dane |
City: | Madison |
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Year Built: | 1911 |
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Additions: | 1912 |
Survey Date: | 1985 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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Wall Material: | Sandstone |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Langdon Street Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 6/26/1986 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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Additional Information: | Madison Historic Landmark: 4/18/1988 "Iota Court was named for the chapter of Chi Psi fraternity which occupies this house. The stone house was the second chapter house built especially for Chi Psi. The group built their first house in 1892 on Mendota Court (demolished in the 1920s). Chi Psi also has the distinction of being the first known fraternity to establish a chapter house in Wisconsin, which they did around 1883 at a rented house at 602 N. Frances Street (extant). Built of irregularly coursed, rough finished local sandstone, the Chi Psi house has the parapeted gables and grouped casement windows of one variation of the Tudor revival style. Viewed from the shores of Lake Mendota...the building rises almost castle-like from the steep embankment along the lakeshore. The high quality of stonework greatly enhances the house, and its solid appearance suits its longtime occupants, the Chi Psi fraternity." City of Madison, The Langdon Street Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1986. |
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Bibliographic References: | City of Madison, The Langdon Street Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1986. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |