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The Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity is a building on the
''Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 1984''
The building underwent a $350,000 facade renovation in phases between 2009 and September 2014. The renovations were intended to restore the house to its historical architectural integrity. The exterior was painted white, replacing the darker yellow tint enduring since the mid-1970s. The Pi chapter of Psi Upsilon was established at Syracuse University in 1875, but was operating before that when SU was known as Genesee College, under the name Upsilon Kappa. Upsilon Kappa was a secret society that disbanded after every chapter meeting, in an effort to preserve secrecy without members lying to outsiders about their participation.
The Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity is a building on the Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...
campus. It was designed by Wellington W. Taber and built for Psi Upsilon fraternity in 1898. Pi Chapter House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1985.
Pi Chapter House is architecturally significant for its Neoclassical design and its historic role as "the oldest intact surviving fraternity residence at Syracuse University and for its association with the emergence of fraternal organizations as major components of Syracuse college life at the turn of the 20th century." an''Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 1984''
The building underwent a $350,000 facade renovation in phases between 2009 and September 2014. The renovations were intended to restore the house to its historical architectural integrity. The exterior was painted white, replacing the darker yellow tint enduring since the mid-1970s. The Pi chapter of Psi Upsilon was established at Syracuse University in 1875, but was operating before that when SU was known as Genesee College, under the name Upsilon Kappa. Upsilon Kappa was a secret society that disbanded after every chapter meeting, in an effort to preserve secrecy without members lying to outsiders about their participation.
See also
* List of Registered Historic Places in Onondaga County, New York *North American fraternity and sorority housingReferences
External links
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity Psi Upsilon houses University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Syracuse, New York {{OnondagaCountyNY-NRHP-stub