Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity

242 High St., Middletown, Connecticut. County/parish: Middlesex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 04, 2009. NRIS 09000870.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Psi Upsilon Fraternity Building

From Wikipedia:

Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity

The Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity, also known as the Psi Upsilon Fraternity Building, is a fraternity chapter house at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in the United States. Built between 1891 and 1893, the house is an architecturally significant example of Richardsonian Romanesque and Jacobethan style architecture. It was the first purpose-built residential fraternity house in the United States and because a model for future buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355209