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<br />SEATTLE <br />MISSOLTLA <br />WASHINGTON D. C. <br />November 27, 2000 <br />Mr. John Meerscheidt <br />Herrera Environmental <br />2200 Sixth Ave, Suite 601 <br />Seattle, WA 98121 <br />Re: Eugene/Springfield Courthouse Project - Riverfront Area of Potential Effects Historical <br />Structures Inventory and Evaluation Results <br />Deaz Mr. Meerscheidt: <br />Please find enclosed Oregon State Historical structure inventory forms for the additional <br />inventory work HRA conducted for the Riverfront Area of Potential Effects (APE). A total of 29 <br />properties were identified within the APE that aze at least 50 years old. Three of these historical <br />resources aze commercial buildings, and 26 of the properties aze houses of which there are 24 <br />single family dwellings and two duplexes. <br />Most of the houses that were inventoried generally date either from the 1920s or the 1940s. <br />Many homes in the Riverfront APE were built in the decade between 1940 and 1950 when <br />Springfield was experiencing a population boom. Springfield had a 184 percent increase in <br />population during this period when the average growth rate for the county was 82.9 percent. <br />Generally, the homes built in this neighborhood during this ten-year period were modest infill <br />dwellings. The three commercial buildings that were inventoried have been altered from their <br />original form and aze not associated with historical events or people. <br />$ased on the fieldwork and research, HRA recommends that two properties be determined <br />eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. These properties aze 111 W. C <br />Street and 214 Pioneer Pazkway. The former is a small 1923 Craftsman style house situated on <br />the southeast corner of West C Street and North Mill Street. Some of the chazacteristics of the <br />Craftsman style represented in this house include aloes-pitched gable roof with wide <br />overhanging eaves, a rectangular composition, two porches and truncated obelisk porch columns. <br />This bungalow is particulazly notable because it is built with cast concrete blocks, which are used <br />(` ', 119 Pine Street <br />~ '' Suite 207 <br />Seattle, WA 98101 <br />~._ (206)343-0226 <br />~ FAX (206) 343-0249 <br />Since ~ 97~ <br />Researching the vast for Todays Solutions <br />