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Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties <br />Historic Resource Survey Form <br />Paae 2 <br />County: Lane <br />Statement of Signficance (Use additional sheets if necessary) <br />Narrative Physical Description: <br />This cottage is a simple side-gabled dwelling with a front porch, which has an extended roof. The house is <br />wood-frame, one-story and constructed on a concrete foundation. The original rectangular plan has been <br />modified by two additions, which create an ell plan. The original roof is covered with composition shingles, <br />while the roof on the additions is covered with rolled roofing. The exterior walls are clad with milled cedar <br />siding. The fenestration is aluminum sliding windows. <br />Statement of 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 the land on which this house is situated <br />was granted to Elizabeth Katherina Ellison in 1941. She was granted an undivided half interest of the entire <br />block by her husband J.F. Ellison. No biographical information on J.F. or Elizabeth Ellison was found. The <br />records about this house are scant but the Eugene Springfield Directory shows that Andrew and Alyce <br />Johnson lived in this house in 1952 and that he was a local carpenter. The directory revealed that Everette <br />Spears and Grace Spears also lived in this house during the same year, and that he was a welder for Roseburg <br />Lumber Company. Based on the research, it does not appear that this house is associated with significant <br />historical events or people, nor does it possess architectural significance. HRA recommends that 243 W. D <br />Street be determined not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic 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 214, pg. 120 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: 8801 <br />Address: 145 W. D Street Quadrangle <br />Township/Range/Section:l7S/3W/62 <br />UTM or GPS Latitude: SHPO Inventory Number: <br />Longitude: <br />