Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University | |
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| Location | 310 Tallawanda Road, Oxford, Ohio, US |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1938 |
| Architect | Russell S. Potter |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival architecture |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000022[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 8, 2005 |
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University, also known as Sulgrave Manor, is a historic building in Oxford, Ohio. It was built as a chapter house for the Ohio Tau chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in 1937 and 1938. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
History
[edit | edit source]Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a collegiate social fraternity that was established at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856.[2] Its Ohio Tau chapter was chartered at the University of Miami in Oxford, Ohio on October 4, 1919.[2][3]
Ohio Tau built its chapter house at 310 Tallawanda Road in 1937 and 1938.[3] The cornerstone during homecoming on November 9, 1937.[4] The house was completed in the spring of 1938 and cost $60,000.[5][6][7] It was dedicated during homecoming on November 5, 1938.[7] The chapters calls the house Sulgrave Manor, after the English house it was modeled after.[8]
It was listed in the National Register on February 8, 2005 as Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University.[9][8]
Architecture
[edit | edit source]Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University was designed by architect Russell S. Potter. It was modeled after Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of George Washington in Oxford, England.[6][8] The brick and stone house is in Tudor revival style with an asymmetrical facade.[8][10] Its entrance includes a stone arch and pillars surrounding a double wooden doors.[10] The house has a hip roof with dormer.[10]
The house was renovated in 1965 and 1995, including the addition of an addition in the northwest corner.[10]
See also
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- ^ a b Shepardson, Francis Wayland, ed. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, 12th edition. Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press/George Banta Publishing Company, 1930. pp. 190-193. via Hathi Trust.
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