1102 South Lincoln Avenue

English Revival architectural style

Almost $100,000 was spent to construct the English Revival Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house in 1928.  The Chicago architect, Ralph E. Milman of Howard van Doren Shaw Associates, designed this elegant stone structure that was constructed by local contractor A.W. Stoolman, builder of the Virginia Theater among other local buildings.  A dining room addition was added in 1959.  The sorority was founded at Monmouth College in 1870 with the Urbana chapter, Beta Lambda, organized in 1899.  The Kappa’s former house was at 809 S. Wright Street, Champaign; it was purchased by the University of Illinois, attached to Davenport House, and used as a women’s residence hall.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Placeson February 25, 2004 for significance in Education and Architecture (#4000074; part of Fraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana-Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois Multiple Property nomination).