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Washington State University Buildings and Landscapes

Original Construction for Van Doren Hall

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1. Original Construction for Van Doren Hall
2. Campus view across Holland Library lawn, 1965
3. Chow, Campus Day 1919
4. Dedicating Van doren Hall (Domestic Bldg.) (1908)
5. Election signs, 1964
6. Paul (Simkins) Revere, 1923
7. Retreat ceremony, 1964
8. Ski team, 1957
9. Sledding, ca. 1910s
10. Sledding, ca. 1910s
11. Van Doren, Campus Day, 1913 A photograph depicting a campus day activities in front of the west facade of Van Doren. Students participated in campus day activities during the early years of WSU. The celebration held in the Spring started with work projects, such as lawn raking and laying side walks, and would conclude with a picnic. Van Doren, designed by J. K. Dow & D. Z. Hubbell was built in 1908 (at a cost of $25,000) as the "domestic economy" building. At the time it was the only structure west of Chicago devoted entirely to Home Economics courses. Named for Ms. Nancy L. Van Doren (the first building on campus named after a woman) professor of English at the start of WSU.
12. Van Doren Hall
13. Van Doren Hall (1911)
14. Van Doren Hall, Campus Day, 1914 A photograph depicting a campus day celebration in front of the west facade of Van Doren. Students participated in campus day activities during the early years of WSU. The celebration held in the Spring started with work projects, such as lawn raking and laying side walks, and would conclude with a picnic. Van Doren, designed by J. K. Dow & D. Z. Hubbell was built in 1908 (at a cost of $25,000) as the "domestic economy" building. At the time it was the only structure west of Chicago devoted entirely to Home Economics courses. Named for Ms. Nancy L. Van Doren (the first building on campus named after a woman) professor of English and Librarian at the start of WSU.
15. Van Doren Hall, interior, 1925 A photograph of a Home Economics laboratory located in Van Doren, WSU building #37. Six cakes are placed on a small wooden table in the left foreground. Two long counters run across the room with cooking surfaces on top. A female student in white decorates a cake under the watchful presence of an instructor. Van Doren, designed by J. K. Dow & D. Z. Hubbell was built in 1908 (at a cost of $25,000) as the "domestic economy" building. At the time it was the only structure west of Chicago devoted entirely to Home Economics courses. Named for Ms. Nancy L. Van Doren (the first building on campus named after a woman) professor of English and Librarian at the start of WSU.
16. Van Doren Hall, interior, ca. 1908 A photograph of a Home Economics laboratory located in Van Doren, WSU building #37. A class of students, wearing white aprons, bake under the instruction of Miss Hunt. Electric cords from heating sources placed atop two long work surfaces are visible in the center of the photograph. Van Doren, designed by J. K. Dow & D. Z. Hubbell was built in 1908 (at a cost of $25,000) as the "domestic economy" building. At the time it was the only structure west of Chicago devoted entirely to Home Economics courses. Named for Ms. Nancy L. Van Doren (the first building on campus named after a woman) professor of English and Librarian at the start of WSU.
17. Van Dorn [Van Doren] Hall (1912)
18. Van Doren Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, 2003