706 West Ohio Street

Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style 

Originally built in 1928  for the Delta Beta chapter of the Phi Mu sorority, this house is now the home of the Beta Sigma Psi fraternity.  It is rather unique in its Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival design, which is quite different from the usual French or English-derived designs of the other chapter houses.  It was built by the Crowl Construction Company at a cost of over $60,000.  The Delta Chapter of Phi Mu was inactive during WWII, and in 1946 the house was occupied by Le Treinto Student House.  Later, in 1954, the Phi Sigma Delta fraternity moved in and, since 1969, the house has been the home of the Beta Sigma Psi fraternity.  Beta Sigma Psi was established in 1925 at the University of Illinois with the Alpha Chapter; it was the outgrowth of a local group, the Concordia Club and is affiliated with the Lutheran Church.  The Depression and WWII were hard on the chapter and it was not reactivated until 1955.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1990 for significance in Education and Architecture (#9000751; part of Fraternity and Sorority Houses at the Urbana-Champaign Campus of the University of Illinois Multiple Property nomination).  Also known as Delta Beta Chapter House of Phi Mu and Le Treinto Student House.