Completed in 1943 and dedicated in 1952, McCoy Hall was the oldest building in North America currently in continuous use as a veterinary teaching hospital. Over the years, McCoy has served its function well and been remodeled a number of times. The new VTH provides approximately 110,000 gross square feet of space and effectively separates large and small animal clinics. A central core provides space for administration, reception, pharmacy, special medicine, surgery suites, clinical pathology, and seminars. Radiology has been given special attention to space needs and is also located centrally with separate large and small animal access.
Central services is located on the ground floor providing a vertical supply system to the hospital.
Modern veterinary hospitals must include research facilities as well. The facility has 44,000 assignable square feet and opened in November of 1999. No federal funds will ever be used for facility operations. The ADBF at Washington State University is unique among all USDA buildings and facilities projects because its entire focus is on the use of molecular biology to resolve diseases in agricultural animals with application where appropriate to human health. The track allows horses to be safely exercised for diagnosis, study, and the treatment of lameness and cardiopulmonary problems.