Buildings and Building Dedications Collection, <1890-2006

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Whitworth College
Title
Buildings and Building Dedications Collection
Dates
<1890-2006 (inclusive)
1915-2005 (bulk)
Quantity
2.5 cu. ft., including photographs and arial views
Collection Number
General Collection A-12-6
Summary
Folios describe buildings and ancillary sites on the campuses at Sumner, Tacoma, and Spokane, Washington.
Repository
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Telephone: 5097774481
archives@whitworth.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Languages
Materials are in English.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Since the moving of Whitworth College from Sumner and Tacoma to the J. P. Graves Estate in Spokane, Washington, many buildings and ancillary sites on the campus have come and gone. These are described, chiefly by photographs and snapshots, in this file. Pertinent references to architect’s drawings and to other files are included.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

From the Buildings and Building Dedications Collection located in the Whitworth University Archives, Spokane, Washington.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Materials acquired from Whitworth University.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Introduction and InventoryReturn to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/1

I. Sumner CampusReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/2
Photographs
before 1890

II. Tacoma CampusReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/3-5
Photographs
circa 1904

III. Spokane CampusReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/6
Arial views
undated
1/7
Campus Description and Program, Seattle Times
Nov. 20, 1955
1/8
Campus maps
after 1957
1/9
Campus Plans: flat file cabinet
undated
1/10
Campus scene: "The Loop"
undated
1/10a
Whitworth College Facilities Master Plan
Oct. 20, 1995
1/11
Strategic Plan for Whitworth College, pp. 10-12
2000-2005
Alphabetical File of Sites
Box/Folder
1/12
Alder Hall
1946
1/13
Arend Hall
Oct. 18, 1958
1/13a
Arend Hall
Oct. 18, 1958
1/14
Arend Hall: Basement Remodel
1994
1/15
Baldwin-Jenkins Hall
1968
1/16
“Ball and Chain Lane” (Married Student Housing)
circa 1958-1959
1/17
Ballard Hall
Oct. 15, 1914
1/18
Barracks Building
1943
1/19
Beyond Hall: Renovation
1994
1/20
Boppell Hall
Oct. 25, 2001
1/21
Boppell Memorial Track
May 5, 1995
1/22
Calvin Hall (Formerly Washington Hall)
1943
1/23
Campanile Tower
1956
1/24
Campanile Tower: Carillon
1955-1977
1/25
Campus Entrance Gate
undated
1/26
Centennial Plaza
Oct. 28, 1988
1/27
Cowles Memorial Auditorium
1956
1/28
Cowles Memorial Auditorium: Whitworth College Memorial Organ
1955-1964
1/29
Dixon Hall
1956; 1976
1/30
Dixon Faculty Center (Proposed)
1995-1996
1/31
Dixon Hall Renovation
1999
1/32
R. Fenton Duvall Hall
2005
1/33
Edinger Memorial Chapel
1954
1/34
Eileen Hendrick Center for Student Life
Oct. 24, 1980
1/35
Eric Johnston Science Center
1967
1/36
Grieve Hall
1936
1/37
Field House
1962
1/38
Fine Arts Building
1947; 1953
1/39
Fine Arts Center: Proposed
1976
1/40
Fountain (Near Campanile, Gift of Senior Class)
1958
2/1
Graves Gymnasium
Dec. 1, 1941
2/1a
Graves Gymnasium: the Bricks-Krieg Roll of Honor
May 1942
2/2
Greenhouses
1944-1978
2/3
Grieve Hall
1973
2/4
Hardwick Union Building (HUB), Later Remodeled as the Hixon Union Building
1957
2/5
Harriet Cheney Cowles Memorial Library
1946
2/6
Hawthorne House (President’s Home)
1924
2/7
Heating Plant
1946
2/8
“Hello Walk"
2005
2/8a
Hendrick Hall
undated
2/9
Hixon Union Building (HUB), Successor to the Hardwick Union Building on the Same Site
1993; 1997; 2000
2/10
Home Economics House
1937
2/11
Leavitt Dining Hall (Demolished in 2000 to make space for Weyerhaeuser Building)
1942; 2000
2/12
Lincoln Hall
1968
2/13
Edward B. Lindaman Seminar Center
1980
2/13a
“The Loop”
undated
2/14
McEachran Hall (Administration
1955
2/15
MacKay Hall
Aug. 17, 1964; 1915
2/16
McMillan Hall
Mar. 26, 1914
2/17
McMillan Hall: Remodel
1987
2/18
Nason Hall (Named in Honor of Blanche Nason, B.A. 1933)
undated
2/19
Pine Bowl
undated
2/20
Residence Hall Space, Potential
1993
2/21
Schumacher Health Center (Remodeled 1992)
Oct. 11, 1971
2/22
Scotford Tennis Center – Ross Cutter Courts
2005
2/23
Seeley G. Mudd Chapel
1972-1981
2/24
Seeley G. Mudd Chapel: Photographs
1972-1981
2/25
South Warren Hall (See also Warren Hall)
1963
2/26
Stannard Field: Dedication
Mar. 9, 1994
2/27
Stewart Hall
1964
2/28
Student Life (Formerly WWII Barrack)
undated
2/29
Tiffany Chapel (Later a Part of Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church)
Jan. 17, 1947
2/30
Unknown Building
undated
2/31
Village Dormitories: Akili, Tiki, Shalom, Keola, Charis
undated
2/31a
Village Dormitories: Akili, Tiki, Shalom, Keola, Charis
undated
2/32
Visual Arts Building: Concept
2006
2/33
W.A.A. Lodge
May 1, 1938
2/34
Frank F. and Lucille Warren Halls
1953; 1963
2/35
Westminster Hall
circa 1947
2/36
C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Hall
2002
2/37
Whitworth Aquatic Center
Feb. 27, 1986
2/38
Whitworth Hall (Old)
1937
2/39
Whitworth Hall (WWII Building)
circa 1954
2/40
Whitworth Music Building
1978

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Presbyterian universities and colleges
  • Universities and colleges—Washington (State)

Personal Names

  • Alder, Homer E.
  • Arend, Albert
  • Baldwin, Estelle
  • Ballard, W. R.
  • Boppell, Charles
  • Boppell, Karlyn
  • Cowles, Sr. W. H.
  • Dixon, Grant
  • Duvall, R. Fenton
  • Edinger, Clarence
  • Graves, J. P.
  • Grieve, Robert
  • Hardwick, Francis T.
  • Hatch, Jack
  • Hendrick, Eileen
  • Hixon, Christina
  • Jenkins, Marian
  • Johnston, Eric
  • Leavitt, Aubrey
  • Lindaman, Edward B.
  • Mackey, Donald D.
  • McEachran, W. L.
  • McMillan, Hugh H.
  • Mudd, Seeley G.
  • Scotford, John P.
  • Tiffany, Frank L.
  • Warren, Frank F.
  • Weyerhaeuser, C. Davis
  • Whitworth, George F.

Corporate Names

  • Whitworth College

Geographical Names

  • Spokane (Wash.)
  • Sumner (Wash.)
  • Tacoma (Wash.)