Agnew Hall
Academic building on the Ag Quad; completed in September, 1940, at a cost of $42,525; contains 12,246 sq. ft. In addition to current use, housed home economics main offices until 1968. Named for Ella G. Agnew, founder of home demonstration work in Virginia.
Ella Graham Agnew
Ella Graham Agnew (1871-1958) was a VPI Home Demonstration Agent from 1914 to 1919. As the first woman appointed for field service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agnew was Virginia's -- and the nation's -- first female home demonstration agent. She developed the first handbook for county home demonstration agents and organized "Tomato Clubs," which reached over 320,000 rural girls and women and evolved into today's 4-H and Extension Homemakers organizations. In 1926, she became the first woman awarded the VPI Certificate of Merit.
Address: West Campus Drive (Ag Quad) | Map Grid: K-7
Originally Built: 1940 | Abbreviation: AGNEW