Penn State has formally decided to demolish the former Phi Delta Theta house on the University Park campus, spokeswoman Lisa Powers said Friday.
She said the university tentatively plans to replace the former fraternity with green space there, at the southwest corner of North Burrowes and Pollock roads.
No timetable for demolition was immediately available Friday. Powers said the century-old fraternity house is in ‘a significant state of disrepair,’ thanks in part to the vandalism committed there earlier this spring.
Powers said university crews have determined that ‘repairing or renovating the building would cost millions of dollars.’
Penn State in May completed a $1.75 million purchase of the property, 240 N. Burrowes Road. Shortly before the sale, the house was thoroughly vandalized, apparently by outgoing tenants.
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