Delta Tau Delta Founders House

Delta Tau Delta Founders House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Delta Tau Delta Founders House, April 2011
Location:	211 Main St., Bethany, West Virginia
Coordinates:	40°12′19″N 80°33′27″W / 40.20528°N 80.5575°W / 40.20528; -80.5575Coordinates: 40°12′19″N 80°33′27″W / 40.20528°N 80.5575°W / 40.20528; -80.5575
Area:	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built:	1858
Architectural style:	Greek Revival, Other, Provincial Greek Revival
NRHP Reference#:	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 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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ James E. Harding (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Delta Tau Delta Founders House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/brooke/79002571.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-23.