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(University of Oregon, 2007)The Onyx Axis is a remnant of Onyx Street, which was a residential road up to the end of the Lawrence/Cuthbert Era. Straub Hall is the most distinctive feature on the Axis, but the Douglas firs on the corner of 15th Avenue ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)The Old Campus Quadrangle is a good example of the Picturesque Era of campus planning, and is home to a collection of the oldest buildings on campus. The Quad began to take its shape during the Inception Era when buildings ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)The Memorial Quadrangle was part of Ellis Lawrence’s plan for campus as early as 1914. Intended to be a key element of his grand entrance to campus, Lawrence envisioned a great axial view that initiated at the Dads’ Gates ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)Conceived by Ellis Lawrence in his 1932 campus plan, the Knight Library Axis is an east-west circulation corridor between Kincaid and University Streets. A number of trees within the Axis are both historic and exceptional, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)Kincaid Green has acted as the front yard of the Education Building since the building’s construction in 1921. The paths through this area were originally boardwalks, and it is unknown if the concrete paths seen today ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)The Johnson Lane Axis was part of Ellis F. Lawrence’s plan for the campus as early as 1914. Intended to be a major east-west circulation route for students, the Axis was completed in the early fifties in conjunction with ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)The most significant features of the Gerlinger Field Green are related to its land use and its connection to Gerlinger Hall. Since its construction between 1919 and 1921, it has been used as a field for athletics and ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)Since the construction of Gerlinger Hall in 1921, the Gerlinger Entrance Green has acted as its formal entry space. The horseshoe-shaped entry drive, the mowed lawn in between and the Red maples planted along University ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)The Emerald Axis, which was Emerald Street right up to the end of the Mid-Century Era, was converted to a pedestrian corridor around 1972. Some of the trees along the Axis date back to the construction of Earl Hall, but ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)The Deady Hall Walk Axis begins at what was the first formal entrance onto campus at Kincaid Street. The Axis was a pedestrian extension of 12th Avenue that connected the Eugene community to the first University of Oregon ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)The Dads’ Gates Axis was to be one of Ellis F. Lawrence’s formal entries to the campus, connecting 11th Avenue to 13th Avenue, and the Memorial Quadrangle beyond. Two of Lawrence’s earliest buildings for the University—Peterson ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)The Amphitheater Green has been completely redesigned since the end of the Mid-Century Era. Concrete seat walls and a new planting plan have replaced the level open lawn that used to define the site. During the 1970s the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)Most of the historic features associated with the 15th Avenue Axis are street trees. The row of Douglas firs between Straub Hall and University Street, and the row of Norway maples in front of the Student Recreation Center’s ...
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(University of Oregon, 2007)Street trees are the primary historic feature associated with the 13th Avenue Axis from its days as a busy city arterial. In 1971 the university and the city formed an agreement to close a majority of the Axis to vehicular ...
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(University of Oregon, 2006)Walton Hall was built in the period after WWII in response to effects of the baby boom, which increased student enrollment at the University. It was built along with the Earl (1954-55), Hamilton (1962), and Bean Complexes ...
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(University of Oregon, 2006)The Volcanology building was constructed in 1936 as the campus infirmary. It was initially planned as part of a larger three story complex in a different location. The current simplified two story version was built instead. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2006)Designed by Warren H. Williams, noted architect of iron front buildings from Albany to Portland, Villard Hall was the second building constructed on the University of Oregon campus due to a grant from University patron ...
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(University of Oregon, 2006)Construction began on the new Infirmary in 1965 and was completed in early 1966 at a cost of around $1.0 million. This unassuming building was designed in the modern style by Balzhiser, Seder & Rhodes, a local architectural ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016)Tree Tops--also known historically as the Hampton House, Campbell Church House, and most recently the Chancellor’s House--was built from 1908-1910 for prominent local businessman Alton Hampton. One of the first grand ...
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(University of Oregon, 2006)Ellis Lawrence designed the Men’s Dormitory in the Colonial Revival style, the style reserved for his secondary campus buildings (ie, those not on the Memorial Quadrangle) such as Education West and East. This is also ...
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