{"nrhp_refnum":"00001333","name":"Alpha Delta Pi Sorority House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1202 W. Nevada St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Urbana","county":"Champaign County","state":"IL","lat":40.10621015800007,"lon":-88.22425519199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story brick sorority chapter house at 1202 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois, at the east edge of the University of Illinois campus. It was built in 1926 and designed by Clare-Alban W. Coen Company of Berwyn, Illinois, with an addition in 1953.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant under Criterion A in the area of Education, as an example of the fraternity and sorority chapter houses that provided student housing and social training at the University of Illinois. It is also significant under Criterion C as a local example of the French Eclectic style with its historic integrity maintained.","narrative":"Built in 1926 at the northwest corner of West Nevada Street and South Goodwin Avenue, this sorority house sits at the east edge of the University of Illinois campus in Urbana. The Clare-Alban W. Coen Company of Berwyn designed it in the French Eclectic style. Its brick walls, limestone quoins and stringcourse, steep slate jerkin-head and hip roofs, bay and oriel windows, and a projecting corner entrance with a copper hood and rounded limestone surround define its appearance. A compatible addition was built to the north in 1953. The house was listed for two reasons. As a chapter house, it represents the Greek letter societies that housed students at no state expense and shaped campus social life, particularly during the late 1920s building peak. It also stands as a local example of French Eclectic architecture, with asymmetrical massing and a picturesque chimney. The house remains in use as a sorority residence, and the nomination counts one contributing building.","period_of_significance":"1926","architect_builder":"Clare-Alban W. Coen Company of Berwyn, Illinois","architectural_style":"French Eclectic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as education-related housing (sorority house); most windows replaced with vinyl-covered sash but original openings retained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.481579-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/8907/28890763/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/00001333.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001333/0748c34f44-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001333/0748c34f44-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0 us","author":"Dori","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlphaDeltaPiHouse_Urbana_Illinois_4547.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dori</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0 us</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlphaDeltaPiHouse_Urbana_Illinois_4547.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890763","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Delta_Pi_Sorority_House_(Urbana,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20710373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/champaign-county/alpha-delta-pi-sorority-house-00001333/"}