The National Residence Hall Honorary was founded in 1964 to recognize student leaders at universities.

The NRHH chapter membership allows for on and off campus members who have and continue to make positive contributions to the residence halls.

[4] In 1964, the National Association of College and University Residence Halls became financially unstable.

In the early 2000s, the NRHH National Office designed a catalog of merchandise, such as clothing apparel, other pins, window clings, and graduation honor cords just to name a few, to offer to the chapters to purchase.

Most of the NSRO functions were the same as the former office, except that NRHH chapters affiliated with the NACURH Information Center (NIC) along with their respective school's residence hall association (RHA).