Historic Buildings Surveys

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Within the established period of significance (1876-1974), forty-nine buildings were also surveyed and recorded for the Campus Heritage Landscape Plan. The survey forms used for the forty-nine buildings are similar to the forms in common use by the City of Eugene.

All of these historic resources received rankings based on their historic significance and integrity, creating a hierarchy that allows for protection of the most important resources while allowing for needed new development.

For more information, visit the Historic Buildings Surveys webpage.

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Cover Sheet for Grouped Resources : Agate Group
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
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Cover Sheet for Grouped Resources : Allen Hall
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
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Historic Resource Survey Form : Agate Hall
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
Agate Hall was designed in the California Mission style by architect F. Mason White and was constructed in 1924. It has a rectangular plan and 2 stories with a concrete foundation. The exterior wall surface is stucco, and it has a hipped roof with composite shingles, although the original building had metal roof tiles. The building has primarily aluminum louvered windows, and has an entry block with decoration in the form of engaged columns, arched windows, and a parapet. Agate Hall was originally Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School and then became Condon Elementary School in 1950. Condon Elementary was closed by the Eugene School District in 1983 due to low enrollment. The university acquired the property in 1984 and named it Agate Hall. The south entry is marked for “Boys” and the north for “Girls”. Originally matching “play sheds,” one for girls and one for boys, were located along the east façade and separated by the auditorium and boiler room. At some point after 1925 the boys play shed was removed and a sawdust storage area was built next to the boiler room. The interior has a relatively intact auditorium with a stage, cove ceilings, six skylights and a wrap around balcony. The auditorium is used for community and University functions. The tall furnace chimney has been decommissioned and has become locally famous due to a large population of Vaux’s Swifts that roost inside the stack during their annual summer migration. It has been used for numerous offices over the years, and now houses the Alumni Association, the UO Foundation, and the Oregon Bach Festival.
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Historic Resource Survey Form : Agate House
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
Agate House is a Craftsman bungalow that was acquired by the Eugene School District and moved adjacent to Agate Hall, which was known as Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School until 1950 and then Condon Elementary School until 1983. After the move, the house was used as classrooms. It has a rectangular plan, with 2 stories and a concrete foundation. The primary exterior material is clapboard siding, and the roof is of a gable configuration with composite shingles. The windows are primarily 4/1 double hung sash made of wood, and decorative features include an exposed eave, rafter tails, and verge boards. Not much is known about this resource other than it was moved to be utilized as classrooms and was acquired by the University at the same time they purchased Condon Elementary in 1984. The house is listed as a dwelling with an address of 1803 Agate Street in a 1925 Sanborn Map. While it is an example of a typical Craftsman bungalow, it is not exemplary of the style and is not eligible for the National Register as an individual resource. With its fair integrity and very low significance, it is ranked it as a noncontributing resource.
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Historic Resource Survey Form : Allen Hall
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
Allen Hall was constructed in 1953 by Church, Newberry and Roehr Architects. The contractor was J. G. Watts Construction Company. The building is of the Modern Style with a rectangular plan, three stories and a concrete foundation. While the walls are made of concrete, they have a brick and limestone veneer, with limestone being the primary surface material on the West façade. Vinyl is used on the flat roof, and the primary windows are steel sash. Decorative features include nine raised limestone plaques that represent old printers marks. The landscape includes a sunken patio on the Old Campus Quad that is situated to the West. The old Journalism Building is attached to the East. Allen Hall originally was designed to accommodate every aspect of the mass communications field and the entire first floor housed the University Press, with its letterpress, offset and bindery equipment.1 The University of Oregon’s journalism program was the first comprehensive curriculum of its kind in the field, and the Department of Journalism that was established in 1912 was one of the first in the country. In addition, the seminar room was designed to be a replica of Dean Eric Allen’s living room. Dean Allen, who joined the Journalism faculty in 1916 and served as its head for 28 years, died in 1944, (Sandahl). During Allen Hall’s construction, the Journalism Building was completely remodeled as the East wing of Allen Hall.2 In 1999, Boucher, Mouchka, and Larson designed the South Lobby that connects Allen Hall with the Journalism Building and created a new main entrance where the loading dock once was. Cameron, McCarthy, Gilbert and Scheibe designed the 1999 Ted M. Natt first Amendment Entry Plaza.
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Historic Resource Survey Form : Bean Complex
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
The Bean Complex was built during an era of rapid growth in student enrollment at the University. It is a dormitory complex that was completed in 1963 in the Modern style amidst a university housing boom by architects Wilmsen, Endicott, and Unthank, and is one of the few buildings constructed as a direct result of the Lawrence Lackey Plan. Lackey was hired by the University of Oregon to prepare a planning report for the future growth of the campus in 1962. A significant amount of growth was targeted in the I.O.O.F. cemetery and land east of Agate Street. The Bean Complex appears in Lackey’s proposed plan in its current location. It has an asymmetrical plan, with 3 stories and a concrete foundation. While the primary exterior wall material is brick, concrete is also used throughout. Bean has a flat roof with elastic sheet roofing, and has aluminum casement windows. The only decoration comes in the form of pre-cast concrete panels with an exposed aggregate finish. The complex is named for Robert Sharp Bean, who was chief justice of the state supreme court and later judge of the federal court of Oregon, a position he held until his death in 1931. He was the first University graduate to serve on the University’s Board of Regents, and was first president of the University of Oregon Alumni Association. Units within complex are named for former faculty: Parsons, Thornton, Caswell, DeBusk, Ganoe and Henderson. Landscape features include courtyards with lawns, concrete paths, numerous rectangular concrete planters and exposed aggregate walls. Large pin oaks appear in each of Bean’s enclosed courtyards along with a mixture of smaller ornamental trees, shrubs and perennials. As an example of late modernist landscape architecture, the design by Maryl S. Lorish may prove to be more historically siginificant than the buildings. Because of misgivings with earlier campus planning strategies, Bean complex, along with numerous other buildings on campuses throughout the country at the time, were designed without any effort to conform to the existing built environment. Today Bean Complex stands at the east end of campus with other similarly-designed dormitories that were also completed in the Modern style, and which stand in contention to the unified styles of the buildings in the center of campus. While the building has very high integrity, it is not eligible for the National Register because it is less than 50 years old and holds no significant distinctions. Due to its very low significance on the campus, it is rated as a non-contributing resource.
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Historic Resource Survey Form : Computing Center
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
The Computing Center, constructed in 1966 and opened in 1967, was designed in the Modern style by architects Morin and Longwood. It has a rectangular building plan, 2 stories, and a concrete foundation. The primary exterior wall material is brick, with stucco as the secondary material. The roof is flat with vinyl roofing material, and the building has aluminum framed pane windows. Vertical brick coursing and the simplistic, horizontal box massing contradicted by a sense of verticality inferred by the narrow, tall windows are the only decorative features. The surrounding landscape consists of shrub beds. Ever since it was erected, the Computing Center has functioned as a resource center for all campus computer needs, and may prove to be significant for its relationship to the roots of the computer age on campus. The purpose of the center is to both provide educational facilities and to provide scientific computations for research projects. University faculty and students had to use facilities in other parts of Oregon as well as California for their computing needs prior to its construction. The Computing Center was supported partially by a $30,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.1 It was originally a single story structure but it is now rumored to have been designed to support a second story. This alleged intention was fully realized in 1970 when a second-story addition was done by the original architects, creating the building that is seen today. The only other changes to the building are the addition of skylights, replacement of ceiling tiles, and enlargement of bathrooms by architects Robertson and Sherwood in 2001. In addition, the southern entry plaza was redesigned when the Lillis Business Center was constructed in 2004. While the building has much of its integrity intact and is in excellent condition, it is not exemplar in style. When it reaches 50 years of age, it will need to be reevaluated for significance to the campus before a judgment can be made regarding its eligibility for the National Register. For now, it is ranked as a non-contributing resource due to its very low significance compared to other campus buildings.
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Historic Resource Survey Form : Deady Hall
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
In Oregon during the 1850’s all higher education was centered in district schools that had religious affiliations. In 1872 citizens of Eugene raised $50,000 and formed the Union University Association. This group successfully lobbied in the State Legislature for the establishment of a state university in Eugene. On December 26th 1872 the association accepted a donation of 10 acres of land from J.W.D. Henderson thereby sighting the location of the University. “The “State University Building” as it was referred to in the beginning was to be larger and grander than any other in Eugene. As the first building on the University campus, Deady was designed by one of Oregon’s first two architects, William W. Piper. Piper had no formal professional training, and Deady would be his last project. He never collected all his fees from the University, and sadly, financial difficulties forced Piper to sell his firm and he ended his life shortly after (jumping from a train in Wyoming). Despite Piper’s lack of formal training this Second Empire style building displays skillful massing that emphasizes Deady’s vertical scale. Keystones and windowsills are made of cast iron. Originally the building’s brickwork was unpainted until 1891, when a layer of gray sanded paint was applied. The original wood floors were two feet thick and filled with earth to deaden sound and provide a source of radiant heat after the wood stoves cooled down. At the basement level Deady’s brick walls are nearly 3 feet thick to carry this heavy structural load. Rough-hewn timbers (3” by 10”) are spaced one foot apart throughout the walls and 16-inch square beams are capable of supporting a considerable amount of weight. On October 16, 1876 the University opened with a partially completed building. In 1877 classrooms were completed on the second floor and an assembly hall capable of seating 600 persons was located on the third floor. In 1885 a cornerstone ceremony took place and a small time capsule was placed under the stone in the northeast corner of the building. Federal Judge Deady was one person in particular who supported the creation of a state funded university system, and Deady Hall was named after him in 1893. But today, Deady’s exterior is all that remains of the original building. The eight chimneys are a remnant of the wood stoves that used to heat the building, and Deady Hall has housed practically every activity of the University at one time or another, including a School of Mines, a gym, a YMCA and an astronomical observatory in one tower. As early as 1914 because of the limited number of University buildings and a growing student population the interior was completely remodeled by William C. Knighton.
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Historic Resource Survey Form : Journalism Building
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
The Journalism Building is a rectangular structure of the Half Modern style. It has 3 stories, a concrete foundation, and has a brick wall exterior. The roof is flat and is composed of built up roofing. It has multi-pane, double hung windows made of wood and the brick exterior is laid in a diaper pattern.1 Some of its decorative features have been removed including the wooden balcony over the east entrance and the cast stone pinnacles. A bas-relief sculpture over the south entrance was placed on the building in 1936 and created by Louise Utter with Works Progress Administration funds. Utter also contributed to the design and creation of the Knight Library heads during the same time period. The sculpture’s inscription reads: "A free & enlightened press the surest guarantor of liberty.” The 1953 addition (Allen Hall) replaced McClure Hall on the west side of the Journalism Building. At that time the Journalism Building was completely remodeled to become the East wing of Allen Hall. New concrete interior walls were added (the brick wall were no longer bearing) and decorative elements were removed (cast stone pinnacles, wood balcony, flower box). In 1999 the loading dock was converted to a new building entrance (south lobby). The new south lobby, designed by Boucher, Mouchka, and Larson, connects Allen Hall with the Journalism Building. As part of this project, Cameron, McCarthy, Gilbert and Scheibe created the Ted M. Natt 1st Amendment Plaza and redesigned the entrance to the building along the University Street Axis.
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Historic Resource Survey Form : McArthur Court
(University of Oregon, 2006) Johnson, Susan; Welch, Dustin; Blaser, Andrea
McArthur Court was named after Clifton N. “Pat” McArthur, who was the first president of the ASUO, first editor of the school newspaper, the student director of athletics, and Speaker of the Oregon legislature and Representative to Congress. Clifton has been called the “Father of Oregon Athletics.” It was designed in the Half Modern style by Ellis Lawrence, with a rectangular footprint and a concrete foundation. The four story building has an exterior stucco application and a vaulted metal roof. It also uses the Lamella technique of vaulting that originated in Holland, of which it is the first example in the Northwest, and possibly the West Coast (replaced in 1996). It was utilized in order to cut costs and span 109’ using 10’ lengths of 2” x 12” lumber. It was originally intended to seat 6,000 spectators, but seating grew to 10,000 by 1955, when the addition of side balconies, exterior trusses, and corner stair towers helped to expand the facility, altering the original exterior. On the new exterior, one can see blind arches, a string course, buttresses, and diamond panels atop corners. A second expansion in the 1970s added end balconies. The Howe Field Gate to the south was designed by renowned blacksmith O.B. Dawson in 1937, who also designed Dads’ Gates and the interior Knight Library Gates.

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