[3] The new chapter house led to an increase in members, with the growth continuing until World War I.

[4] Beta Theta Pi purchased the George Pickard house on Columbia Street for $25,000 on May 28, 1925.

[5][6] During World War II, the chapter house was used as a quarters for midshipmen who were training at UNC.

[9] In the 1990s, Beta Theta Pi alumni started a campaign to renovate and update the chapter house to current building codes.

[11] Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House is located at 114 S. Columbia Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

[8] The Chapel Hill News reported that the same contractor that constructed the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House also built the Phi Delta Theta and Pi Kappa Phi chapter houses around the same time.

[2] The house is in the Southern Colonial Revival style and features a full-width, flat-roof portico with Doric order columns.

[2] The chapter house's second-story windows feature flat brick arches with keystones.

[2] The living room has an original brick wall, quarry tile flooring, and a wooden fireplace mantel with paneled pilasters.

[2] The north wing originally had a recessed porch with openings that were rounded arches; these were replaced with a fanlight and French door.

[9] In 1997, the house was renovated under architect Arthur Cogswell Jr. of Chapel Hill, a fraternity member.