Landscape Resource Survey : Pioneer Axis (q)
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Date
2007
Authors
Welch, Dustin
Schaible, Daniel
Planning Office, University of Oregon
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University of Oregon
Abstract
The Pioneer Axis is a rectangular area within a space that has historically been called the Women’s Quad. The landscape area contains the Pioneer Mother statue by Alexander Phimster Proctor, the same sculptor who created the Pioneer statue located in the Old Campus Quad. Six cast stone benches and a brick and cast stone terrace wall date back to the Lawrence/Cuthbert Era. The vegetation of the area has matured since the end of the Mid-Century Era and contains many large oaks that are remnants of Fred Cuthbert’s original planting plan.
Although Ellis Lawrence’s building plan for the Quad was never fully realized, the Pioneer Axis today retains much of the symmetry and open views as originally intended, and serves as an important campus open space. The grouping of Susan Campbell, Hendricks and Gerlinger Halls is one of the best examples of the Lawrence legacy on campus. Additional trees planted after the period of significance appear to be arranged in a manner that is inconsistent with Cuthbert’s planting plan.
A designed view has been maintained within the Pioneer Axis, starting at the Pioneer Mother and extending through the glazed doors of Johnson Hall across to the Pioneer statue.
Description
10 pages
Keywords
architecture, history, campus heritage landscape plan