Crites Hall

United States historic place


Crites Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


42°49′13″N 103°0′1″W / 42.82028°N 103.00028°W / 42.82028; -103.00028
Area	less than one acre
Built	1938
Architect	Shattuck, Gordon
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	Chadron State College Historic Buildings TR
NRHP reference No.	83001083^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1983

Crites Hall, at 10th and Main Sts. in Chadron, Nebraska, is the student services building of Chadron State College. The building is historic, dating from 1938, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Penelope Chatfield Sodhi (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chadron State College Historic Buildings Thematic Resources". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos from 1982