Delta Upsilon Fraternity House
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N 42° 16.350 W 083° 43.925
17T E 274695 N 4683647
The marker was not visible, but the fraternity is located on the north side of Hill Street, just east of South Forest Avenue. Streetside parking available. Use the driveway if you want to rush the fraternity.
Waymark Code: WMXY7
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2006
Views: 53
From the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office website:
The Delta Upsilon Fraternity House is the oldest residential fraternity/sorority house building at the University of Michigan still occupied by the organization which constructed it. The house is an early example of the residential-scale work of Detroit architect Albert Kahn.
The Delta Upsilon Fraternity House is a two-and-one-half-story, basically rectangular, side-gable, Arts-and-Crafts-influenced, Tudor Revival building clad in brick in the first story and stucco in the second, with half-timbered and shingled accents. The balanced, south-facing front has a shallow E-shaped plan, with a slightly projecting, front-gable wing at each end of the facade and a narrow, three-story, front-gable projection marking the center of the facade. The center of the facade between the wings displays a recessed portico supported by four round columns. The central front-gable section has casement windows at the attic story, vergeboards with applique detailing, and half-timbering in the upper stories. The facade features casement and double-hung windows grouped in units of two, three, and four. Shed dormers containing paired casement windows pierce the slate-clad roof.
Historical Name: Albert Kahn
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Local Site #1834 (from michmarkers.com)
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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