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A Fraternity house, Phi Gamma Delta, U. of M. [University of Michigan], Ann Arbor, Mich.

A Fraternity house, Phi Gamma Delta, U. of M. [University of Michigan]...

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[Hall of Skull and Bones fraternity house, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.]

[Hall of Skull and Bones fraternity house, Yale University, New Haven,...

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Joseph Henry Lumpkin House, 248 Prince Street, Athens, Clarke County, GA

Joseph Henry Lumpkin House, 248 Prince Street, Athens, Clarke County, ...

Survey number: HABS GA-1115 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction

Dr. William J. King House, 48 College Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Dr. William J. King House, 48 College Street, Providence, Providence C...

Significance: This is a large wood house built in the 1840's, representative of the Greek Revival influence on houses in the College Hill area. Survey number: HABS RI-200 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initia... More

Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House, 1108 South First Street, Champaign, Champaign County, IL

Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House, 1108 South First Street, Champaign, Ch...

2015 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Alpha Rho Chi was the first architectural fraternity in the United States. The Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House has contributed to the broad pattern of higher e... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Kenyon College, Peter Neff Cottage, Wiggin Street, Gambier, Knox County, OH

Kenyon College, Peter Neff Cottage, Wiggin Street, Gambier, Knox Count...

Significance: Possibly designed by architect William Tinsley, this building was erected about 1860 for Peter Neff, the inventor of the tintype, and may be the finest example of Gothic Revival cottage style and ... More

Delta Kappa Epsilon Meeting House, 611 1/2 East William Street, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MI

Delta Kappa Epsilon Meeting House, 611 1/2 East William Street, Ann Ar...

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National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Si...

Significance: The castle is one of the NPS clubhouses. The fanciful, medieval fortress for the Pi Beta Nu sorority counterbalanced the symmetrical architectural forms, such as the villa and the Colonial House,... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

Beta Theta Pi House, Amherst College, Massachusetts

Beta Theta Pi House, Amherst College, Massachusetts

"4061" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070376. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Phi Gamma Delta House, Amherst College

Phi Gamma Delta House, Amherst College

"4063" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070377. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A Fraternity house, Nu Sigma Nu, U. of M. [University of Michigan], Ann Arbor, Mich.

A Fraternity house, Nu Sigma Nu, U. of M. [University of Michigan], An...

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[Fraternity house, Delta Kappa Epsilon University, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.]

[Fraternity house, Delta Kappa Epsilon University, University of Michi...

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National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Si...

Significance: The castle is one of the NPS clubhouses. The fanciful, medieval fortress for the Pi Beta Nu sorority counterbalanced the symmetrical architectural forms, such as the villa and the Colonial House,... More

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Si...

Significance: The castle is one of the NPS clubhouses. The fanciful, medieval fortress for the Pi Beta Nu sorority counterbalanced the symmetrical architectural forms, such as the villa and the Colonial House,... More

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Si...

Significance: The castle is one of the NPS clubhouses. The fanciful, medieval fortress for the Pi Beta Nu sorority counterbalanced the symmetrical architectural forms, such as the villa and the Colonial House,... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

U. of M., Ann Arbor, Psi Upsilon house

U. of M., Ann Arbor, Psi Upsilon house

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[Amherst, Massachusetts., Psi Upsilon Frat. House, Amherst Col.]

[Amherst, Massachusetts., Psi Upsilon Frat. House, Amherst Col.]

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Phi Kappa Psi House, Amherst College

Phi Kappa Psi House, Amherst College

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Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house, Yale College

Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house, Yale College

"WHJ 320" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013322. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

College Street (Sigma Phi), Burlington, Vt.

College Street (Sigma Phi), Burlington, Vt.

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Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

Zeta Psi fraternity house, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Zeta Psi fraternity house, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Beta Theta Pi House, Amherst College, Massachusetts.

Beta Theta Pi House, Amherst College, Massachusetts.

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Kappa Alpha fraternity house, Williams College, Massachusetts.

Kappa Alpha fraternity house, Williams College, Massachusetts.

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A Fraternity house, Phi Delta Theta, U. of M. [University of Michigan], Ann Arbor, Mich.

A Fraternity house, Phi Delta Theta, U. of M. [University of Michigan]...

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Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y

Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y

Copyright 1904 by H.C. White Co. On mount: The "Perfec" Stereograph. (Trade Mark.) Patented April 14, 1903. Other Patents Pending. No. 557.

Agora House, Wellesley College, Massachusetts.

Agora House, Wellesley College, Massachusetts.

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Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House, 1108 South First Street, Champaign, Champaign County, IL

Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House, 1108 South First Street, Champaign, Ch...

2015 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Alpha Rho Chi was the first architectural fraternity in the United States. The Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House has contributed to the broad pattern of higher e... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME

Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County,...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

[Fraternity house, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.]

[Fraternity house, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, University of Michigan, Ann Ar...

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A Fraternity house, Alpha Delta Phi, U. of M. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich

A Fraternity house, Alpha Delta Phi, U. of M. University of Michigan, ...

"H 272" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070556. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A Fraternity house, Alpha Delta Phi, U. of M. [University of Michigan], Ann Arbor, Mich.

A Fraternity house, Alpha Delta Phi, U. of M. [University of Michigan]...

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Chi Psi House, Amherst College - Victorian era public domain image

Chi Psi House, Amherst College - Victorian era public domain image

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Fraternity House (Beta Theta Pi), U. of M[ichigan], Ann Arbor, Mich.

Fraternity House (Beta Theta Pi), U. of M[ichigan], Ann Arbor, Mich.

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National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME

Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County,...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME

Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County,...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Bungalow, 2801 Linden Lane, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Japanese bungalow is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was begun in 1898, the first year of the Cassedys' building campaign, and completed in 1899. The clubhouse has a combination of... More

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Si...

Significance: The castle is one of the NPS clubhouses. The fanciful, medieval fortress for the Pi Beta Nu sorority counterbalanced the symmetrical architectural forms, such as the villa and the Colonial House,... More

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Si...

Significance: The castle is one of the NPS clubhouses. The fanciful, medieval fortress for the Pi Beta Nu sorority counterbalanced the symmetrical architectural forms, such as the villa and the Colonial House,... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Colonial House, 2745 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Colonial House was the Phi Delta Psi sorority house. Its Classical or Colonial Revival design was popular in the late nineteenth century because of the nationalism stirred up by the Bicentenn... More

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Dutch Windmill, 2750 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spr...

Significance: The Windmill is one of eight whimsical clubhouses constructed during Cassedy's early building campaign. It is an important component of NPS' eclectic campus plan that was designed to introduce a ... More

Delta Kappa Epsilon house, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Delta Kappa Epsilon house, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011934. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Alpha Kappa Chi House, Wellesley College

Alpha Kappa Chi House, Wellesley College

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House, 1108 South First Street, Champaign, Champaign County, IL

Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House, 1108 South First Street, Champaign, Ch...

2015 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Alpha Rho Chi was the first architectural fraternity in the United States. The Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House has contributed to the broad pattern of higher e... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Kenyon College, Peter Neff Cottage, Wiggin Street, Gambier, Knox County, OH

Kenyon College, Peter Neff Cottage, Wiggin Street, Gambier, Knox Count...

Significance: Possibly designed by architect William Tinsley, this building was erected about 1860 for Peter Neff, the inventor of the tintype, and may be the finest example of Gothic Revival cottage style and ... More

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...

Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Swiss Chalet, 2802 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Sp...

Significance: The Swiss chalet was the home of the Zeta Eta Theta sorority. The Swiss chalet was a common form of bungalow design. The form appeared in A.J. Downing's "Architecture of Country Houses," 1850, a... More

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, American Bungalow, 2885 Dewitt Circle, Silver ...

Significance: The American bungalow is one of five buildings erected during the Cassedy's first year of construction in 1898. It was the first of eight sorority houses on campus. It was the home of the Alpha ... More

Chi Psi Fraternity House, Cornell University

Chi Psi Fraternity House, Cornell University

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wolf's Head fraternity house, Yale College

Wolf's Head fraternity house, Yale College

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Agora House, Wellesley College, Massachusetts

Agora House, Wellesley College, Massachusetts

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070865. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME

Benjamin Greene House, 259 Maine Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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