(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), An orchid in the informal living room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Patio. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), A look at the previous Phi Mu house in 2013, prior to construction. New $13M sorority house in Alabama puts Texas Greeks' homes to shame. The top balcony has plenty of furniture for seating and serves as a great gameday spot, as it overlooks the exterior of Bryant-Denny Stadium along Bryant and Colonial Drives. Here Is a Palatial $6.5 Million House — for Sorority Girls, 13 Signs You Were Definitely in a Latina Sorority, Sorority Slammed for Recruitment Video That's "Worse for Women Than Donald Trump", The 13 Most Nightmarish Tales of Sorority Hazing, 'Million Dollar Beach House' Feels So Problematic, Time for a Million Dollar Beach House Cast Update. Inside a $4M waterfront home with 27 acres of Hill... More homebuyers are requesting video tours due to... Twitter rips into University of Texas' Alpha Delta Pi recruitment video, President points to shake-up, win or lose, A White mob unleashed the worst Election Day violence in U.S. history in Florida a century ago, Fauci warns of COVID-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump's response, NASA unveils rare photo of metal asteroid valued at $10,000 quadrillion, Reporters blocked from Harris County drive-thru ballots hearing, Federal judge rejects GOP-led challenge to toss out over 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County, 'Trump Train' filled Loop 610 in Houston for pre-election car rally Sunday, Texas sorority girls just can't live without these 20 things. Phi Mu at the University of Alabama dished out $12,992,855 to build its members a new house …
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Get to know all 22 of the University of Alabama's sororities. In the meantime, check out these photos of the ~manse~ by Ben Flanagan at AL.com, and then continue to their site to see the rest, because this house is *bonkers* and Sundays are for jealousy!
Seniors mostly use this area, which opens to the third floor balcony, but it's open to all members. This news follows nearly a decade-long trend of University of Alabama's Greek building boom. Get to know all 22 of the University of Alabama's sororities. Considered a more quiet space, featuring local art and flowers. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. "It was an outstanding group," Schwartzenburg said. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Another look at the foyer from the staircase. Promise. In comparison to Texas sorority houses, nothing really stands up against the grand scale of Bama's Greek houses. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area.
Bunn said while the piece was initially very dusty and needed serious refurbishing, "I knew it's what we wanted."
It features all new Chippendale-style dining chairs and "very simple lighting." You also get a great look at the top of the buildings Corinthian columns. They used virtually every piece of furniture they had in the old house, while adding to it to fill the enormous space of the new one. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), A look at the grand piano from above.
These 11 Texas cities are tailor-made for first-time... Texas is a top destination for international homebuyers. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Third Floor Balcony. The uncovered area has a courtyard feel meant for dining and studying, including a fountain. The brand new 39,444-square-foot Phi Mu sorority house (Alpha Zeta chapter) opened along Colonial Drive in July 2016.
The enormous space hosts chapter meetings, dance practice and other events and also serves as a storm shelter. For me and the couple of friends I have that are Bama bound and also have some social media followers from them, we all also get about the same amount of followers from all the old row houses and Phi Mu … (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Chapter Room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Third Floor Senior Lounge. "It turned out perfect. "Our designer Krissy Bunn was awesome and always met with us from the beginning. Take a look inside the brand new facility, which houses 68 women from the sorority whose current chapter class stands at 436.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Second floor lounge. To the left as you walk into the foyer, this area is designed for studying, lounging and watching television throughout the semester. This study lounge downstairs has a comfortable seating area as well as work spaces for group projects. For hanging out and studying. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area.
Front foyer. At the University of Texas, there isn't room for mansions. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Those who served on the house Rebuilding Committee included: Pat Howard (House Corp.), Joyce Whetstone, Audra Browder, Lori Colburn and Lee Schwartzenburg. RELATED: Twitter rips into University of Texas' Alpha Delta Pi recruitment video. The oval tables, some of which were re-finished, came from the old house, mixed with custom-made 60-inch round tables. The brand new 39,444-square-foot Phi Mu sorority house (Alpha Zeta chapter) opened along Colonial Drive in July 2016.
So Phi Mu, one of the top tier houses, only cross rushes with new row houses? "Everything out here is new," Bunn said, as they used Birmingham businesses like Summer Classics and Elegant Earth to furnish the outside.
Third floor senior lounge. BRB, going to cry into my ramen if I can get my microwave to work. Cosmopolitan participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Another look at the foyer. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Construction began on the house in January 2015. Heather Leighton is a digital producer for Chron.com and the Houston Chronicle. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), "We wanted a grand foyer -- All white, simple and clean," said designer (from Lampadas Design in Tuscaloosa) and Phi Mu alumnae initiate Krissy Bunn. It’s a mansion that would be at home in Scream Queens and I’ll never live some place so nice in my entire life.
Well, keep all that in mind and check out the brand-new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama and just cry and cry forever. Inside the Phi Mu house. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com). All rights reserved (About Us). Here Is a Palatial $6.5 Million House — for Sorority Girls 13 Signs You Were Definitely in a Latina Sorority Sorority Slammed for Recruitment Video That's "Worse for Women Than Donald Trump" Everything is bigger and better in Texas, except our sorority houses, apparently. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. Class Yet? This Week’s ExtraCurricular Class Schedule, How Students Are Dealing with Campus Outbreaks, Yale Told Students to Prepare for COVID-19 Deaths, The Advice I Needed Before I Went to College, How Students Are Exposing Racism at Elite Schools, The #Cabo211 Share Their Side of the Story. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. They sent it to Virginia to be re-wired, cleaned and brought up to code. Designed for hanging out and studying. The old house was razed that month, while the women moved into the new house in late July 2016. In 2013, Crimson Tide Greek organizations has spent over $202 million in renovating their mansions with white columns, wide balconies and grand foyers — or just building entirely new castles like Phi Mu did. Exterior front entrance. The covered area is used for lounging and studying, complete with televisions, a sound system and ceiling fans. I’d be excited to run inside if my house looked like this: A Few Things to Know About Voting in Person, FYI: All Your Fave Celebs Went to the Polls Too, No, Really, Young People Are Def Voting This Year, Team Cosmo Explains Why We’re Voting This Year, Texts to Send Your Friends Who Haven’t Voted Yet, This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Dining Room. It stands on virtually the same exact spot the old house previously occupied. Hey, remember your Freshman year dorm and how the walls were caked with an undefinable funk and how you you had to share a mini-fridge with three strangers and how your entire floor smelled of farts?
Chapter room. "(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), The chandelier hangs from an impressively designed barbed quatrefoil in the ceiling, the official Phi Mu symbol. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Formal Living Room. "(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), They found the foyer's glistening chandelier Hal Hunt Auctions. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Laura Beck is a Los Angeles-based TV writer and frequent contributor to Cosmopolitan.com — her work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Jezebel, and the Village Voice. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Informal Living Room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Basement. Everything is bigger and better in Texas, except our sorority houses, apparently.
AL.com photographer Ben Flanagan got access into the opulent digs and has given Chron.com permission to use a few of his photos.
The courtyard sits on the corner of Bryant and Colonial Drives, across from Tutwiler Hall and Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Longhorns' campus is in the middle of downtown Austin. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Courtyard. Outdoor courtyard. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Study Lounge. To put it into perspective, 68 Phi Mu members are living in the grand 39,444-square-foot mansion. But the "informal" living room is arguably just as nice.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), An orchid in the informal living room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Patio. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), A look at the previous Phi Mu house in 2013, prior to construction. New $13M sorority house in Alabama puts Texas Greeks' homes to shame. The top balcony has plenty of furniture for seating and serves as a great gameday spot, as it overlooks the exterior of Bryant-Denny Stadium along Bryant and Colonial Drives. Here Is a Palatial $6.5 Million House — for Sorority Girls, 13 Signs You Were Definitely in a Latina Sorority, Sorority Slammed for Recruitment Video That's "Worse for Women Than Donald Trump", The 13 Most Nightmarish Tales of Sorority Hazing, 'Million Dollar Beach House' Feels So Problematic, Time for a Million Dollar Beach House Cast Update. Inside a $4M waterfront home with 27 acres of Hill... More homebuyers are requesting video tours due to... Twitter rips into University of Texas' Alpha Delta Pi recruitment video, President points to shake-up, win or lose, A White mob unleashed the worst Election Day violence in U.S. history in Florida a century ago, Fauci warns of COVID-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump's response, NASA unveils rare photo of metal asteroid valued at $10,000 quadrillion, Reporters blocked from Harris County drive-thru ballots hearing, Federal judge rejects GOP-led challenge to toss out over 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County, 'Trump Train' filled Loop 610 in Houston for pre-election car rally Sunday, Texas sorority girls just can't live without these 20 things. Phi Mu at the University of Alabama dished out $12,992,855 to build its members a new house …
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Get to know all 22 of the University of Alabama's sororities. In the meantime, check out these photos of the ~manse~ by Ben Flanagan at AL.com, and then continue to their site to see the rest, because this house is *bonkers* and Sundays are for jealousy!
Seniors mostly use this area, which opens to the third floor balcony, but it's open to all members. This news follows nearly a decade-long trend of University of Alabama's Greek building boom. Get to know all 22 of the University of Alabama's sororities. Considered a more quiet space, featuring local art and flowers. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. "It was an outstanding group," Schwartzenburg said. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Another look at the foyer from the staircase. Promise. In comparison to Texas sorority houses, nothing really stands up against the grand scale of Bama's Greek houses. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area.
Bunn said while the piece was initially very dusty and needed serious refurbishing, "I knew it's what we wanted."
It features all new Chippendale-style dining chairs and "very simple lighting." You also get a great look at the top of the buildings Corinthian columns. They used virtually every piece of furniture they had in the old house, while adding to it to fill the enormous space of the new one. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), A look at the grand piano from above.
These 11 Texas cities are tailor-made for first-time... Texas is a top destination for international homebuyers. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Third Floor Balcony. The uncovered area has a courtyard feel meant for dining and studying, including a fountain. The brand new 39,444-square-foot Phi Mu sorority house (Alpha Zeta chapter) opened along Colonial Drive in July 2016.
The enormous space hosts chapter meetings, dance practice and other events and also serves as a storm shelter. For me and the couple of friends I have that are Bama bound and also have some social media followers from them, we all also get about the same amount of followers from all the old row houses and Phi Mu … (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Chapter Room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Third Floor Senior Lounge. "It turned out perfect. "Our designer Krissy Bunn was awesome and always met with us from the beginning. Take a look inside the brand new facility, which houses 68 women from the sorority whose current chapter class stands at 436.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Second floor lounge. To the left as you walk into the foyer, this area is designed for studying, lounging and watching television throughout the semester. This study lounge downstairs has a comfortable seating area as well as work spaces for group projects. For hanging out and studying. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area.
Front foyer. At the University of Texas, there isn't room for mansions. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Those who served on the house Rebuilding Committee included: Pat Howard (House Corp.), Joyce Whetstone, Audra Browder, Lori Colburn and Lee Schwartzenburg. RELATED: Twitter rips into University of Texas' Alpha Delta Pi recruitment video. The oval tables, some of which were re-finished, came from the old house, mixed with custom-made 60-inch round tables. The brand new 39,444-square-foot Phi Mu sorority house (Alpha Zeta chapter) opened along Colonial Drive in July 2016.
So Phi Mu, one of the top tier houses, only cross rushes with new row houses? "Everything out here is new," Bunn said, as they used Birmingham businesses like Summer Classics and Elegant Earth to furnish the outside.
Third floor senior lounge. BRB, going to cry into my ramen if I can get my microwave to work. Cosmopolitan participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Another look at the foyer. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Construction began on the house in January 2015. Heather Leighton is a digital producer for Chron.com and the Houston Chronicle. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), "We wanted a grand foyer -- All white, simple and clean," said designer (from Lampadas Design in Tuscaloosa) and Phi Mu alumnae initiate Krissy Bunn. It’s a mansion that would be at home in Scream Queens and I’ll never live some place so nice in my entire life.
Well, keep all that in mind and check out the brand-new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama and just cry and cry forever. Inside the Phi Mu house. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com). All rights reserved (About Us). Here Is a Palatial $6.5 Million House — for Sorority Girls 13 Signs You Were Definitely in a Latina Sorority Sorority Slammed for Recruitment Video That's "Worse for Women Than Donald Trump" Everything is bigger and better in Texas, except our sorority houses, apparently. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. Class Yet? This Week’s ExtraCurricular Class Schedule, How Students Are Dealing with Campus Outbreaks, Yale Told Students to Prepare for COVID-19 Deaths, The Advice I Needed Before I Went to College, How Students Are Exposing Racism at Elite Schools, The #Cabo211 Share Their Side of the Story. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. They sent it to Virginia to be re-wired, cleaned and brought up to code. Designed for hanging out and studying. The old house was razed that month, while the women moved into the new house in late July 2016. In 2013, Crimson Tide Greek organizations has spent over $202 million in renovating their mansions with white columns, wide balconies and grand foyers — or just building entirely new castles like Phi Mu did. Exterior front entrance. The covered area is used for lounging and studying, complete with televisions, a sound system and ceiling fans. I’d be excited to run inside if my house looked like this: A Few Things to Know About Voting in Person, FYI: All Your Fave Celebs Went to the Polls Too, No, Really, Young People Are Def Voting This Year, Team Cosmo Explains Why We’re Voting This Year, Texts to Send Your Friends Who Haven’t Voted Yet, This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Dining Room. It stands on virtually the same exact spot the old house previously occupied. Hey, remember your Freshman year dorm and how the walls were caked with an undefinable funk and how you you had to share a mini-fridge with three strangers and how your entire floor smelled of farts?
Chapter room. "(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), The chandelier hangs from an impressively designed barbed quatrefoil in the ceiling, the official Phi Mu symbol. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Formal Living Room. "(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), They found the foyer's glistening chandelier Hal Hunt Auctions. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Laura Beck is a Los Angeles-based TV writer and frequent contributor to Cosmopolitan.com — her work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Jezebel, and the Village Voice. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Informal Living Room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Basement. Everything is bigger and better in Texas, except our sorority houses, apparently.
AL.com photographer Ben Flanagan got access into the opulent digs and has given Chron.com permission to use a few of his photos.
The courtyard sits on the corner of Bryant and Colonial Drives, across from Tutwiler Hall and Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Longhorns' campus is in the middle of downtown Austin. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Courtyard. Outdoor courtyard. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Study Lounge. To put it into perspective, 68 Phi Mu members are living in the grand 39,444-square-foot mansion. But the "informal" living room is arguably just as nice.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), An orchid in the informal living room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Patio. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), A look at the previous Phi Mu house in 2013, prior to construction. New $13M sorority house in Alabama puts Texas Greeks' homes to shame. The top balcony has plenty of furniture for seating and serves as a great gameday spot, as it overlooks the exterior of Bryant-Denny Stadium along Bryant and Colonial Drives. Here Is a Palatial $6.5 Million House — for Sorority Girls, 13 Signs You Were Definitely in a Latina Sorority, Sorority Slammed for Recruitment Video That's "Worse for Women Than Donald Trump", The 13 Most Nightmarish Tales of Sorority Hazing, 'Million Dollar Beach House' Feels So Problematic, Time for a Million Dollar Beach House Cast Update. Inside a $4M waterfront home with 27 acres of Hill... More homebuyers are requesting video tours due to... Twitter rips into University of Texas' Alpha Delta Pi recruitment video, President points to shake-up, win or lose, A White mob unleashed the worst Election Day violence in U.S. history in Florida a century ago, Fauci warns of COVID-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump's response, NASA unveils rare photo of metal asteroid valued at $10,000 quadrillion, Reporters blocked from Harris County drive-thru ballots hearing, Federal judge rejects GOP-led challenge to toss out over 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County, 'Trump Train' filled Loop 610 in Houston for pre-election car rally Sunday, Texas sorority girls just can't live without these 20 things. Phi Mu at the University of Alabama dished out $12,992,855 to build its members a new house …
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Get to know all 22 of the University of Alabama's sororities. In the meantime, check out these photos of the ~manse~ by Ben Flanagan at AL.com, and then continue to their site to see the rest, because this house is *bonkers* and Sundays are for jealousy!
Seniors mostly use this area, which opens to the third floor balcony, but it's open to all members. This news follows nearly a decade-long trend of University of Alabama's Greek building boom. Get to know all 22 of the University of Alabama's sororities. Considered a more quiet space, featuring local art and flowers. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. "It was an outstanding group," Schwartzenburg said. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Another look at the foyer from the staircase. Promise. In comparison to Texas sorority houses, nothing really stands up against the grand scale of Bama's Greek houses. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area.
Bunn said while the piece was initially very dusty and needed serious refurbishing, "I knew it's what we wanted."
It features all new Chippendale-style dining chairs and "very simple lighting." You also get a great look at the top of the buildings Corinthian columns. They used virtually every piece of furniture they had in the old house, while adding to it to fill the enormous space of the new one. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), A look at the grand piano from above.
These 11 Texas cities are tailor-made for first-time... Texas is a top destination for international homebuyers. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Third Floor Balcony. The uncovered area has a courtyard feel meant for dining and studying, including a fountain. The brand new 39,444-square-foot Phi Mu sorority house (Alpha Zeta chapter) opened along Colonial Drive in July 2016.
The enormous space hosts chapter meetings, dance practice and other events and also serves as a storm shelter. For me and the couple of friends I have that are Bama bound and also have some social media followers from them, we all also get about the same amount of followers from all the old row houses and Phi Mu … (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Chapter Room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Third Floor Senior Lounge. "It turned out perfect. "Our designer Krissy Bunn was awesome and always met with us from the beginning. Take a look inside the brand new facility, which houses 68 women from the sorority whose current chapter class stands at 436.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Second floor lounge. To the left as you walk into the foyer, this area is designed for studying, lounging and watching television throughout the semester. This study lounge downstairs has a comfortable seating area as well as work spaces for group projects. For hanging out and studying. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area.
Front foyer. At the University of Texas, there isn't room for mansions. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Those who served on the house Rebuilding Committee included: Pat Howard (House Corp.), Joyce Whetstone, Audra Browder, Lori Colburn and Lee Schwartzenburg. RELATED: Twitter rips into University of Texas' Alpha Delta Pi recruitment video. The oval tables, some of which were re-finished, came from the old house, mixed with custom-made 60-inch round tables. The brand new 39,444-square-foot Phi Mu sorority house (Alpha Zeta chapter) opened along Colonial Drive in July 2016.
So Phi Mu, one of the top tier houses, only cross rushes with new row houses? "Everything out here is new," Bunn said, as they used Birmingham businesses like Summer Classics and Elegant Earth to furnish the outside.
Third floor senior lounge. BRB, going to cry into my ramen if I can get my microwave to work. Cosmopolitan participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Another look at the foyer. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Construction began on the house in January 2015. Heather Leighton is a digital producer for Chron.com and the Houston Chronicle. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), "We wanted a grand foyer -- All white, simple and clean," said designer (from Lampadas Design in Tuscaloosa) and Phi Mu alumnae initiate Krissy Bunn. It’s a mansion that would be at home in Scream Queens and I’ll never live some place so nice in my entire life.
Well, keep all that in mind and check out the brand-new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama and just cry and cry forever. Inside the Phi Mu house. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com). All rights reserved (About Us). Here Is a Palatial $6.5 Million House — for Sorority Girls 13 Signs You Were Definitely in a Latina Sorority Sorority Slammed for Recruitment Video That's "Worse for Women Than Donald Trump" Everything is bigger and better in Texas, except our sorority houses, apparently. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. Class Yet? This Week’s ExtraCurricular Class Schedule, How Students Are Dealing with Campus Outbreaks, Yale Told Students to Prepare for COVID-19 Deaths, The Advice I Needed Before I Went to College, How Students Are Exposing Racism at Elite Schools, The #Cabo211 Share Their Side of the Story. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. They sent it to Virginia to be re-wired, cleaned and brought up to code. Designed for hanging out and studying. The old house was razed that month, while the women moved into the new house in late July 2016. In 2013, Crimson Tide Greek organizations has spent over $202 million in renovating their mansions with white columns, wide balconies and grand foyers — or just building entirely new castles like Phi Mu did. Exterior front entrance. The covered area is used for lounging and studying, complete with televisions, a sound system and ceiling fans. I’d be excited to run inside if my house looked like this: A Few Things to Know About Voting in Person, FYI: All Your Fave Celebs Went to the Polls Too, No, Really, Young People Are Def Voting This Year, Team Cosmo Explains Why We’re Voting This Year, Texts to Send Your Friends Who Haven’t Voted Yet, This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Dining Room. It stands on virtually the same exact spot the old house previously occupied. Hey, remember your Freshman year dorm and how the walls were caked with an undefinable funk and how you you had to share a mini-fridge with three strangers and how your entire floor smelled of farts?
Chapter room. "(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), The chandelier hangs from an impressively designed barbed quatrefoil in the ceiling, the official Phi Mu symbol. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Formal Living Room. "(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), They found the foyer's glistening chandelier Hal Hunt Auctions. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Laura Beck is a Los Angeles-based TV writer and frequent contributor to Cosmopolitan.com — her work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Jezebel, and the Village Voice. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Informal Living Room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Basement. Everything is bigger and better in Texas, except our sorority houses, apparently.
AL.com photographer Ben Flanagan got access into the opulent digs and has given Chron.com permission to use a few of his photos.
The courtyard sits on the corner of Bryant and Colonial Drives, across from Tutwiler Hall and Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Longhorns' campus is in the middle of downtown Austin. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Courtyard. Outdoor courtyard. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Study Lounge. To put it into perspective, 68 Phi Mu members are living in the grand 39,444-square-foot mansion. But the "informal" living room is arguably just as nice.
For Texas A&M, the mansions are beautiful, though they host an average of 45 members. So, yeah.
The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), During construction, Phi Mu members temporary lived in this existing sorority house on Magnolia Drive. Have Ya Signed Up for Emma Roberts' (!) Take a look at all of the Alabama sorority houses, old and new. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Take a look at all of the Alabama sorority houses, old and new.
"(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), To give a little perspective, there's a UA Crimson Ride bus passing the front of the new house, which some describe as "The old house on steroids." Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Not bad.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), An orchid in the informal living room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Patio. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), A look at the previous Phi Mu house in 2013, prior to construction. New $13M sorority house in Alabama puts Texas Greeks' homes to shame. The top balcony has plenty of furniture for seating and serves as a great gameday spot, as it overlooks the exterior of Bryant-Denny Stadium along Bryant and Colonial Drives. Here Is a Palatial $6.5 Million House — for Sorority Girls, 13 Signs You Were Definitely in a Latina Sorority, Sorority Slammed for Recruitment Video That's "Worse for Women Than Donald Trump", The 13 Most Nightmarish Tales of Sorority Hazing, 'Million Dollar Beach House' Feels So Problematic, Time for a Million Dollar Beach House Cast Update. Inside a $4M waterfront home with 27 acres of Hill... More homebuyers are requesting video tours due to... Twitter rips into University of Texas' Alpha Delta Pi recruitment video, President points to shake-up, win or lose, A White mob unleashed the worst Election Day violence in U.S. history in Florida a century ago, Fauci warns of COVID-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump's response, NASA unveils rare photo of metal asteroid valued at $10,000 quadrillion, Reporters blocked from Harris County drive-thru ballots hearing, Federal judge rejects GOP-led challenge to toss out over 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County, 'Trump Train' filled Loop 610 in Houston for pre-election car rally Sunday, Texas sorority girls just can't live without these 20 things. Phi Mu at the University of Alabama dished out $12,992,855 to build its members a new house …
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Get to know all 22 of the University of Alabama's sororities. In the meantime, check out these photos of the ~manse~ by Ben Flanagan at AL.com, and then continue to their site to see the rest, because this house is *bonkers* and Sundays are for jealousy!
Seniors mostly use this area, which opens to the third floor balcony, but it's open to all members. This news follows nearly a decade-long trend of University of Alabama's Greek building boom. Get to know all 22 of the University of Alabama's sororities. Considered a more quiet space, featuring local art and flowers. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. "It was an outstanding group," Schwartzenburg said. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Another look at the foyer from the staircase. Promise. In comparison to Texas sorority houses, nothing really stands up against the grand scale of Bama's Greek houses. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area.
Bunn said while the piece was initially very dusty and needed serious refurbishing, "I knew it's what we wanted."
It features all new Chippendale-style dining chairs and "very simple lighting." You also get a great look at the top of the buildings Corinthian columns. They used virtually every piece of furniture they had in the old house, while adding to it to fill the enormous space of the new one. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), A look at the grand piano from above.
These 11 Texas cities are tailor-made for first-time... Texas is a top destination for international homebuyers. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Third Floor Balcony. The uncovered area has a courtyard feel meant for dining and studying, including a fountain. The brand new 39,444-square-foot Phi Mu sorority house (Alpha Zeta chapter) opened along Colonial Drive in July 2016.
The enormous space hosts chapter meetings, dance practice and other events and also serves as a storm shelter. For me and the couple of friends I have that are Bama bound and also have some social media followers from them, we all also get about the same amount of followers from all the old row houses and Phi Mu … (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Chapter Room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Third Floor Senior Lounge. "It turned out perfect. "Our designer Krissy Bunn was awesome and always met with us from the beginning. Take a look inside the brand new facility, which houses 68 women from the sorority whose current chapter class stands at 436.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Second floor lounge. To the left as you walk into the foyer, this area is designed for studying, lounging and watching television throughout the semester. This study lounge downstairs has a comfortable seating area as well as work spaces for group projects. For hanging out and studying. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area.
Front foyer. At the University of Texas, there isn't room for mansions. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Those who served on the house Rebuilding Committee included: Pat Howard (House Corp.), Joyce Whetstone, Audra Browder, Lori Colburn and Lee Schwartzenburg. RELATED: Twitter rips into University of Texas' Alpha Delta Pi recruitment video. The oval tables, some of which were re-finished, came from the old house, mixed with custom-made 60-inch round tables. The brand new 39,444-square-foot Phi Mu sorority house (Alpha Zeta chapter) opened along Colonial Drive in July 2016.
So Phi Mu, one of the top tier houses, only cross rushes with new row houses? "Everything out here is new," Bunn said, as they used Birmingham businesses like Summer Classics and Elegant Earth to furnish the outside.
Third floor senior lounge. BRB, going to cry into my ramen if I can get my microwave to work. Cosmopolitan participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Another look at the foyer. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Construction began on the house in January 2015. Heather Leighton is a digital producer for Chron.com and the Houston Chronicle. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), "We wanted a grand foyer -- All white, simple and clean," said designer (from Lampadas Design in Tuscaloosa) and Phi Mu alumnae initiate Krissy Bunn. It’s a mansion that would be at home in Scream Queens and I’ll never live some place so nice in my entire life.
Well, keep all that in mind and check out the brand-new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama and just cry and cry forever. Inside the Phi Mu house. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com). All rights reserved (About Us). Here Is a Palatial $6.5 Million House — for Sorority Girls 13 Signs You Were Definitely in a Latina Sorority Sorority Slammed for Recruitment Video That's "Worse for Women Than Donald Trump" Everything is bigger and better in Texas, except our sorority houses, apparently. The new $13 million Phi Mu sorority house at the University of Alabama is the latest addition to the Alabama building boom within the area. Class Yet? This Week’s ExtraCurricular Class Schedule, How Students Are Dealing with Campus Outbreaks, Yale Told Students to Prepare for COVID-19 Deaths, The Advice I Needed Before I Went to College, How Students Are Exposing Racism at Elite Schools, The #Cabo211 Share Their Side of the Story. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. They sent it to Virginia to be re-wired, cleaned and brought up to code. Designed for hanging out and studying. The old house was razed that month, while the women moved into the new house in late July 2016. In 2013, Crimson Tide Greek organizations has spent over $202 million in renovating their mansions with white columns, wide balconies and grand foyers — or just building entirely new castles like Phi Mu did. Exterior front entrance. The covered area is used for lounging and studying, complete with televisions, a sound system and ceiling fans. I’d be excited to run inside if my house looked like this: A Few Things to Know About Voting in Person, FYI: All Your Fave Celebs Went to the Polls Too, No, Really, Young People Are Def Voting This Year, Team Cosmo Explains Why We’re Voting This Year, Texts to Send Your Friends Who Haven’t Voted Yet, This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Dining Room. It stands on virtually the same exact spot the old house previously occupied. Hey, remember your Freshman year dorm and how the walls were caked with an undefinable funk and how you you had to share a mini-fridge with three strangers and how your entire floor smelled of farts?
Chapter room. "(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), The chandelier hangs from an impressively designed barbed quatrefoil in the ceiling, the official Phi Mu symbol. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Formal Living Room. "(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), They found the foyer's glistening chandelier Hal Hunt Auctions. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Laura Beck is a Los Angeles-based TV writer and frequent contributor to Cosmopolitan.com — her work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Jezebel, and the Village Voice. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Informal Living Room. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Basement. Everything is bigger and better in Texas, except our sorority houses, apparently.
AL.com photographer Ben Flanagan got access into the opulent digs and has given Chron.com permission to use a few of his photos.
The courtyard sits on the corner of Bryant and Colonial Drives, across from Tutwiler Hall and Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Longhorns' campus is in the middle of downtown Austin. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more.
(Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Courtyard. Outdoor courtyard. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com), Study Lounge. To put it into perspective, 68 Phi Mu members are living in the grand 39,444-square-foot mansion. But the "informal" living room is arguably just as nice.
