It is in Art Deco style, designed by architect Gordon Shattuck, and was the first men's dormitory at the college.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

[1][2] It is named for Edwin D. Crites (1884-1953), a first generation northwestern-Nebraskan who spent his career as an attorney in Chadron and was a State Normal Board member from 1931 to 1953.

[2] Gordon Shattuck also designed the H. J. Bartenbach House, in Grand Island, Nebraska, which is also NRHP-listed.

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