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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.

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