{"nrhp_refnum":"90000750","name":"Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity House","other_names":["Eta Chapter House of Kappa Delta Rho"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1110 S. Second St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Champaign","county":"Champaign County","state":"IL","lat":40.10462786000005,"lon":-88.23748504899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story French Eclectic fraternity house at 1110 South Second Street in Champaign, Illinois, near the University of Illinois campus. Construction was completed in 1929 as the home of the Eta Chapter of Kappa Delta Rho.","why_significant":"It is described as one of the most intact examples of the fraternity or sorority house property type at the Urbana-Champaign campus, reflecting the Greek letter society movement in campus student housing (Criterion A). It is also called the finest example of French Eclectic style among Greek houses on the Illinois campus (Criterion C).","narrative":"Completed in 1929 at a cost of $75,000, this fraternity house at 1110 South Second Street in Champaign was built for the Eta Chapter of Kappa Delta Rho, established at the University of Illinois in 1921. The two and one-half story building has stucco over brick and limestone, a steeply pitched hipped roof, a square stair tower, and an ornate limestone basket-handle arch around the front door carved with the fraternity crest. Inside, a barrel-arched entry hall with coffered plaster ceilings, a wrought iron bannister, French doors, and a double-sided fireplace with a lincrusta frieze of horsemen survive largely original. The house was listed as an especially intact example of the fraternity house type, which became the main form of organized student housing on the Urbana-Champaign campus. It is also recognized as the finest French Eclectic design among the campus Greek houses. Its significance period runs from 1929 to 1940.","period_of_significance":"1929-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: French Eclectic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as education-related housing, with an active fraternity; minor exterior material replacements and some interior changes have been made.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.894977-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/8907/28890765/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/90000750.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000750/d176ae93be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000750/d176ae93be-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kappa_Delta_Rho_uiuc.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kappa_Delta_Rho_uiuc.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890765","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_Delta_Rho_Fraternity_House_(Champaign,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20710941"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/champaign-county/kappa-delta-rho-fraternity-house-90000750/"}