Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Zeta Beta Tau

Photographed by Kai NeSmith, December 15, 2024

1. Zeta Beta Tau Marker

Inscription. Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) was first organized in New York at Columbia University as a youth Zionist Society, officially became a Greek letter fraternal organization in 1903.

Psi chapter of Zeta Beta Tau was the first Jewish fraternity on the University of Alabama campus. The original Psi chapter was colonized in Tuscaloosa with 15 men. As ZBT thrived, two additional Jewish fraternal organizations, Kappa Nu and Phi Epsilon Pi, also formed chapters on campus. Ultimately both merged into ZBT at the national and local levels. No longer an exclusive Jewish fraternity, ZBT has been open since 1954 to “All Men of Good Character” who understand and appreciate its mission and founding purpose.
Erected on the occasion of Zeta Beta Tau's Centennial at the University of Alabama Campus, March 2016

Erected 2016 by Alabama Historical Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is March 2016.

Location. 33° 12.611′ N, 87° 32.405′ W. Marker is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County. It

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is on Jefferson Avenue north of 4th Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 526 Jefferson Avenue, Tuscaloosa AL 35401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Sigma Alpha Epsilon (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Druid City Hospital School Of Nursing (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bryce Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); University of Alabama’s Slavery Apology (approx. ¼ mile away); Dr. Peter & Mrs. Ellen Peter-Bryce Gravesite (approx. ¼ mile away); Centennial of Women 1893 - 1993 / Top 31 Women (approx. ¼ mile away); Smith Hall, 1908 (approx. ¼ mile away); Malone Hood Plaza (approx. ¼ mile away).

Zeta Beta Tau House at the University of Alabama image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kai NeSmith, December 15, 2024

2. Zeta Beta Tau House at the University of Alabama

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Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2024, by Kai NeSmith of Augusta, Georgia. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 16, 2024, by Kai NeSmith of Augusta, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.