{"nrhp_refnum":"05000022","name":"Sigma Aplpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University","other_names":["Sulgrave Manor","But-2046-1"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"310 Tallawanda Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oxford","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.51419257800006,"lon":-84.73505560899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story fraternity house at 310 N. Tallawanda Road in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, across from the Miami University campus. Built 1937-1938 in the English Manor Tudor Revival style and modeled on Sulgrave Manor in England.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent and rare example of an English Manor Tudor Revival fraternity house, modeled on George Washington's ancestral home, Sulgrave Manor. It describes the house as the only example of its type in the nation. It is also the work of Russell S. Potter, a prominent Cincinnati architect who chaired Miami University's architecture department. Its integrity is described as high.","narrative":"Sigma Alpha Epsilon's chapter house in Oxford, Ohio, is a two-and-a-half-story, roughly U-shaped building of red brick and stone with a steep slate roof, dormers and a projecting stone entrance porch. Completed in 1938 across from the Miami University campus, it was modeled on Sulgrave Manor, the English ancestral home of George Washington. Cincinnati architect Russell S. Potter designed it, and Judge Alfred K. Nippert led the effort to build it, although the Depression delayed construction for nearly a decade. Inside, oak paneling, beams and massive fireplaces survive, along with stained glass transoms bearing the seals of seven Ohio SAE chapters. The house was listed for its architecture. It is described as a rare, early form of Tudor Revival, without the half-timbering or multiple gables common in later examples, and the only one of its type in the nation. Most other early fraternity houses in Oxford have been heavily altered, while this one keeps nearly all its original materials.","period_of_significance":"1938","architect_builder":"Russell S. Potter, FAIA (architect); George Miller (contractor)","architectural_style":"English Manor Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a fraternity house; integrity described as high, with a 1960s north wing, a circa 1995 rear extension and replacement vinyl windows.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.225391-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/05000022.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000022/d44df4ff7a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000022/d44df4ff7a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_Chapter_House_of_Miami_University.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_Chapter_House_of_Miami_University.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986908","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_Chapter_House_of_Miami_University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7512274"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/sigma-aplpha-epsilon-chapter-house-of-miami-university-05000022/"}