April 2025 | Advocacy News
Primary Purpose for North Lake Street Demolitions Disappears
By Kurt Stege, Advocacy Committee Co-Chair
619 and 621 North Lake Street
In 2021, Madison’s Common Council okayed the demolition of these two adjacent Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity houses in the 600 block of North Lake Street so they could be replaced by an eight-story apartment building that reserved two floors for the fraternity’s continued use. Both of the fraternity houses contributed to the Langdon Street National Register Historic District. Now that they have been torn down and the new building constructed, the fraternity is no longer a participant. Find out what little we know about this disappointing turn of events.