Delta Tau Delta Founders House
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Delta Tau Delta Founders House | |
![]() Delta Tau Delta Founders House, April 2011 | |
Location | 211 Main St., Bethany, WV |
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Coordinates | 40°12′19″N 80°33′27″W / 40.20528°N 80.55750°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1858 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Other, Provincial Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79002571 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1979 |
Delta Tau Delta Founders House is a historic home associated with Bethany College, at Bethany, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
It was built in the early 1850s, and is a two-story, five-bay Greek Revival-style dwelling. It is L-shaped and constructed of brick on a limestone foundation. The Delta Tau Delta fraternity was founded here in 1858–1859.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ James E. Harding (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Delta Tau Delta Founders House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Greek Revival houses in West Virginia
- Houses completed in 1858
- Houses in Brooke County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Brooke County, West Virginia
- Fraternity and sorority houses
- Delta Tau Delta
- Northern Panhandle Registered Historic Place stubs
- Fraternity and sorority stubs