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years later the interior was dismantled and removed in anticipation of remodeling that was
completed in 2001. Sutton Hall is now used as an office building on the campus, housing
Admissions, Financial Aid & Scholarships, the Registrar's office, Veteran's Services, and
Academic Advising.

The Red Barn, originally called Sutton Barn, was part of the Sutton farmstead where Sutton raised
horses together with his wife Nellie. The barn had originally been built by William Bigham in
1884 for Nellie's father. The farm site was later purchased by Eastern Washington University in
1969. In 1974, classes in sustainability began there, where students learned organic gardening,
spinning and weaving, dyeing, direct current electricity, wind power, natural medicines, history of
the American west, quilt making, food preservation, bee keeping, healthy diet or edible wild plants.
A course in wind power built a wind generator behind the barn, and on July 4, 1976, an American
flag hung over the front of the building, which was lighted up with wind power. The present
Cheney Recycling Center also got its start at the Red Barn. In 1979, the barn was renovated and
assumed its current use, housing the campus police and safety offices as well as parking services.

To many men it is given to work well in a single field. To Most Worshipful Brother William James
Sutton, it was given to do well in many. As director of an infant teacher's training school, he left
his mark on, and gave his inspiration to, many who later shaped both the youth of the state and the
institution which was to train it. As a legislator, his influence is written in much more of the code
and the traditional policy of this State. As a Mason, he shaped the course of Temple Lodge and
held it ever true to the principles of the Craft. As a leader and councilor, he guided the Grand
Lodge in the way of justice and of truth. His record, in truly Masonic fashion, is written in his
works.