Elmina White Honors Hall

[2] It was designed in a Georgian Revival style and was referred to as an “elegant architectural statement” in a report provided by the Washington State University Task Force for Historic Preservation in 1985.

Elmina White Honors Hall is situated next to one of the university's most significant open spaces, near the original entrance arch to campus.

Its Georgian Revival style features include its proportion and balance (mathematic ratios were utilized to determine the height and shape of the windows and other features), sturdy and uniform red brick walls, perfectly symmetrical stonework, and a dark shingled roof which contrasts with the bright red bricks of the walls.

A forced air ventilation system was included long prior to other campus buildings being constructed or refit with this equipment.

[6] The Elmina White Honors hall is situated across NE Spokane street from the several WSU engineering buildings.

The original purpose of the Elmina White Honors Hall, then referred to as the Home Economics Building, was to provide classrooms and offices for the institution's Home Economics department and house the classrooms and offices for the College of Domestic Economy, which had previously been in Van Doren Hall.