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Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties <br />Historic Resource Survey Form <br />Pane 2 <br />County: Lane <br />Statement of Significance (Use additional sheets if necessary) <br />Narrative Physical Description: <br />The original form of this house is typical of massed plan side-gabled houses of the period from the 1930's <br />and later. The house is two rooms deep and has a small entrance porch. It is one-and-a-half stories, wood- <br />frame construction and built on a concrete foundation. Both gables on the house's main volume and porch <br />are clipped gables. The plan was originally rectangular but an addition with a shed roof was added at a later <br />date. Composition shingles cover the entire roof area. Windows vary and include original one-over-one <br />double hung sash windows, four-over-four double hung sash windows and multi-pane vinyl sliding windows. <br />Historical Significance: <br />This house was built in the middle of a population boom in Springfield, in which there was a 184 percent <br />increase in Springfield's population from 1940 to 1950. During this same period, the average growth rate for <br />the county was 82.9 percent. Records indicate that J.M. Siebenthaler were the first owners of this house. <br />They sold it to Louis Irene Easton in 1946. Her husband, Walter was the assistant manager of McKenzie <br />Highway Building Supply. Based on the research, it does not appear that this house is associated with <br />historical events or people, nor does it possess architectural significance. HRA recommends that 134 W. C <br />Street be determined not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. <br />References: <br />Eugene Springfield City Directory <br />1952 Eugene Springfield City Directory. The Johnson Publishing Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado. <br />Lane County <br />n.d. Real Property Assessment and Tax Rolls on file at the Lane County Recorder's Office, Eugene <br />Lane County <br />n.d. Warranty Deed, Book 309 page 512 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: 9501 <br />Address: 134 W. C Street Quadrangle <br /> Township/Range/Section: 17S/3W/62 <br />UTM or GPS Latitude: SHPO Inventory Number: <br />Longitude: <br />