Journalist Robert L. Bartley resided here until he graduated from Iowa State in 1959.

[1] This large four-story brick structure was built in 1931 for the Iowa Beta chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

The Tudor Revival style building features ornamental half-timbering and stucco veneered walls, a steeply pitched roof with two separate cross-gabled sections, and a two-story wing that is oriented diagonally from the main body of the house.

Three of the four floors are above grade and one is exposed on the back side via the sloping lot.

It was designed by Des Moines architect Amos B. Emery.