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HistoricGreeks

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The first 10 Fraternities Chartered at Illinois were: (1) Delta Tau Delta (2) Sigma Chi (3) Kappa Sigma (4) Phi Kappa Sigma (5) Phi Delta Theta (6) Alpha Tau Omega (7) Phi Gamma Delta (8) Sigma Alpha Epsilon (9) Beta Theta Pi and (10) Sigma Nu. These were also the first to build houses. All but 2 of them currently reside in historic fraternity houses built by their alumni or national organizations for their members. Delta Tau Delta resides in what was formerly the Phi Gamma Delta House and Phi Gamma Delta leases their house from Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority (It was orginially built for Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity -- no longer at Illinois). The other eight houses are all members of the Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing by virtue of the historical significance of their respective houses and alumni contributions. Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma Nu were the first fraternities to build houses to modern (steel frame and reinforced concrete) construction. Their houses were Georgian in style to match the buildings on the South Campus which was under construction at the time (1930-33). The President of the University of Illinois, Harry Woodburn Chase was a Sigma Nu and Thomas Arkle Clark, Dean of Men, was an Alpha Tau Omega (Clark Hall is named for him). The plan was a new fraternity row on Pennsylvania Avenue to intersect with Sorority Row on Lincoln. Lincoln Avenue has several historic sororities that were all built in the late 20's.