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Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties <br />Historic Resource Survey Form <br />Pane 7 <br />County: Lane <br />Narrative Physical Description: <br />This house is obscured by a large grouping of bamboo trees on the front lot line. It appears to be a modest <br />pre-war bungalow that has been modified extensively in both plan and building materials. Atwo-story <br />addition is visible from the street, which consists of a garage and a second story living area. There is also a <br />small addition with a hipped roof at the back of the house and a second story shed dormer on the original roof <br />volume. Both the original house and the addition are completely clad is cedar shingles and the roof is <br />covered in composition shingles. The original roof form is hipped. Windows are varied and do not appear <br />to be replacements to the original ones. Because of extensive changes made to this house, it does not retain <br />integrity of design or materials. <br />Historical Significance: <br />This house was built at the beginning of a period of population growth in Springfield, in which there was a <br />184 percent increase in Springfield's population from 1940 to 1950. During this same period, the average <br />growth rate for the county was 82.9 percent. Records indicate that Elmer J. Harris and Myrtle E. Harris were <br />the first owners of this house in 1940. They also owned the adjacent home at 253 W. D Street that was built <br />in 1929, and the house at 444 Water Street, which was built in 1941. No biographical information on Elmer <br />or Myrtle Harris was found. A quitclaim deed in 1941 reveals that James and Myrtle Lawson were the <br />subsequent owners of this house. James Lawson was the head car loader for Springfield Plywood in 1953. <br />No further records or Sanborn maps are available for the property, which would indicate when the house was <br />modified from its original form. Based on the research, it does not appear that this house is associated with <br />significant historical events or people, nor does it retain integrity of its original design and materials. HRA <br />recommends that 243 W. D Street be determined not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic <br />Places. <br />References: <br />Eugene Springfield City Directory <br />1952 -1953 Eugene Springfield City Directory. The Johnson Publishing Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado. <br />Lane County <br />1940 Real Property Assessment and Tax Rolls on file at the Lane County Recorder's Office, Eugene, Oregon. <br />Lane County <br />n.d. Warranty Deed, Book 223, pg. 87 on file at the Lane County Recorder's Office, Eugene, Oregon. <br />Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps <br />1943, 1966, 1970 Map of Springfield, Oregon. <br />Velasco, Dorothy <br />2000 Springfield historian, personal communication with Michelle O'Doherty, Historical Research Associates, Inc. <br />Historic Name: Map #: 17 03 35 23 Tax Lot: 9000 <br />Address: 243 W. D Street Quadrangle <br />Township/Range/Section: 17S/3W/62 <br />UTM or GPS Latitude: SHPO Inventory Number: <br />Longitude: <br />