It was bulit and used as a fraternity chapter house for more than eighty years and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

The chapter remained active at the renamed Iowa State University until 2001 when membership declined significantly and it became inactive.

[1] Architecturally, Sigma Sigma–Delta Chi Fraternity House is a combination of the American Craftsman and Tudor Revival styles.

[2] The building is capped with a hip roof that is intersected by steeply-pitched gables at a lower level.

[2] A porte-cochère is located on the north side of the building facing Knapp Avenue, which is a unique feature among the historic fraternity and sorority houses associated with Iowa State University.