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A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men while a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of collegiate North American fraternities is not exhaustive.
Name Fraternity or Sorority Architect Affiliation Location Year Completed References Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House: Alpha Delta Phi: Ralph W. Varney: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign: Champaign, Illinois: 1925 [a] Alpha House: Alpha Phi Alpha: Detroit, Michigan: 1912 [b] Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter: Alpha Phi
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men, and a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations also refer to themselves as women's fraternities.
Chi Psi Fraternity House (Eugene, Oregon) Close House (Iowa City, Iowa) D. Southworth House (Cleveland, Ohio) Delta Tau Delta Founders House; E. Edward Augustus ...
The first fraternity meeting hall, or lodge, seems to have been that of the Alpha Epsilon chapter of Chi Psi at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1845, leading to a tradition in that fraternity to name its buildings "lodges". As fraternity membership was punishable by expulsion at many colleges at this time, the house was ...
Name Charter date and range Founding location Type Affiliation Status References Alpha Kappa Alpha: January 15, 1908: Howard University: Social, collegiate NPHC: Active Delta Sigma Theta: January 13, 1913: Howard University: Social, collegiate NPHC: Active Zeta Phi Beta: January 16, 1920: Howard University: Social, collegiate NPHC: Active Sigma ...
Ceres (women's fraternity) Chi Alpha Delta; Chi Delta Theta; Chi Gamma Epsilon; Chi Heorot; Chi Iota Pi; Chi Omega; Chi Tau (local) Chi Upsilon Sigma; Clovia (sorority) List of College of William & Mary fraternities and sororities; Colony (fraternity or sorority) Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida
A fraternity or fraternal organization is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members. Service clubs, lineage societies, and secret societies are among the fraternal organizations listed here.