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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 one-story massed-plan vernacular bungalow is irregular in plan. The main volume of the house is <br />square with several additions on the back of the house and a front porch. The porch has gambrel style <br />openings for the entry door and the side windows. The house is wood-frame and built on a concrete <br />foundation. Composition shingles cover the entire roof volume and clapboard covers the exterior walls. <br />Fenestration is varied and includes the original one-over-one double hung sash windows and replacement <br />aluminum framed sliding glass windows. <br />Historical Significance: <br />This house was built toward the beginning of a population boom in Springfield, in which there was a 184 <br />percent increase in Springfield's population from 1940 to 1950. During this same period, the average growth <br />rate for the county was 82.9 percent. J.M. and May Siebenthaler axe listed as the first owners of this house <br />when it was built in 1943. William and Marie .E. Greig were the subsequent owners beginning in 1947. <br />Marie Greig was a pharmacist but no occupation is listed for her husband, William. Based on the research, it <br />does not appeax that this house is associated with any historical events or people, nor does it possess any <br />architectural significance. HRA recommends that 122 W. C Street be determined not eligible for the <br />National Register of Historic Places. <br />References: <br />Eugene Springfield City Directory <br />1953 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, Oregon. <br />Lane County <br />1947 Warranty Deed 74804 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: 9600 <br />Address: 122 W. C Street Quadrangle <br />Township/Range/Section: 17S/3W/62 <br />UTM or GPS Latitude: SHPO Inventory Number: <br />Longitude: <br />