{"nrhp_refnum":"94001270","name":"Gamma Phi Beta Sorority House","other_names":["Omicron Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1110 W. Nevada","address_restricted":false,"city":"Urbana","county":"Champaign County","state":"IL","lat":40.105958532000045,"lon":-88.22249070299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Colonial/Georgian Revival sorority house at 1110 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois, near the eastern edge of the University of Illinois campus. It began as a c. 1910 Four Square duplex and was remodeled and enlarged in 1927 by the Peoria firm Hewitt, Emerson and Gregg.","why_significant":"The house is part of a multiple property listing of fraternity and sorority houses at the Urbana-Champaign campus. It is the home of the Omicron Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta, installed in 1913, and retains a high degree of architectural integrity from its 1927 Georgian Revival remodeling. The chapter was noted nationally for scholarship and campus traditions.","narrative":"Located at 1110 West Nevada Street near the eastern edge of the University of Illinois campus, this brick sorority house serves the Omicron Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta. The chapter bought an existing c. 1910 Four Square duplex in 1918 because World War I conditions prevented new construction. In 1927, plans by the Peoria firm Hewitt, Emerson and Gregg extended the building westward, added a story, and gave it a formal nine-bay Georgian Revival facade to match the campus. Features include a recessed, columned central entrance, a Palladian-style second-story window, and two projecting sun rooms with French doors. Inside, a long central hall, a double stair, and a formal living room with a Classical fireplace survive. A rear ell was added in 1951 for kitchen and sleeping space, and a small addition followed in 1983, both hardly visible from the street. The chapter was installed in 1913 and was noted nationally for scholarship and its homecoming stunts.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hewitt, Emerson and Gregg (Peoria architects) for the 1927 remodeling","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (Georgian Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a sorority chapter house, with a 1951 rear ell and a small 1983 House Director's addition; many windows are replacements.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.782525-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/8907/28890749/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/94001270.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001270/6bcb078a39-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001270/6bcb078a39-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0 us","author":"Dori","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gamma_Phi_Beta_House_(Urbana,_Illinois_-_2008).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:Gamma_Phi_Beta_House_(Urbana,_Illinois_-_2008).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890749","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Phi_Beta_Sorority_House_(Urbana,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5520295"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/champaign-county/gamma-phi-beta-sorority-house-94001270/"}