Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Middletown, United States
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Built between 1891 and 1893 for the Xi Chapter of Psi Upsilon at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, this fraternity house stands as a pioneering work of American collegiate architecture. Executed in Richardsonian Romanesque and Jacobethan styles, it was the first purpose-built residential fraternity house in the United States, establishing a template that subsequent fraternity chapters would emulate. Its architectural significance secured its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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- Type
- fraternity house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Middletown, United States
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