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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 />This house is a version of the gable-front-and-wing house inspired by the minimal traditional style of the <br />1940s. It is a one-and-a-half story house with a front and side gable, and a later shed addition on the rear <br />fagade. This addition does not appear on the 1970 Sanborn Map, indicating that it was probably built more <br />recently. The house is wood-frame and constructed on a concrete foundation. The gable roofs are covered <br />with composition shingles, and the addition's roof is covered in rolled roofing. The house's exterior walls <br />are clad in the original clapboard, which has recently been painted. The windows are paired horizontal four <br />pane windows. This house is one just a few single family dwellings that remain on this portion of West D <br />Street. Multi-family buildings occupy the majority of this block. <br />Historical Significance: <br />This house was built toward the end 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. The earliest available record for 25 W. D Street indicates that S.W. Barrett <br />resided in this house in 1953. In 1956, Robert M. Blair and Yvonne Blair were residents here. Robert Blair <br />was a shingle weaver at Huntington Brothers. There was no information that provided a record of ownership <br />for this property..,Based on the research, it does not appear that this house is associated with any historical <br />events or people, nor does it possess any axchitectural significance. HRA recommends that 25 W. D Street be <br />determined not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. <br />References: <br />Eugene Springfield City Directory <br />1953, 1956 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 />Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps <br />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: 8500 <br />Address: 25 W. D Street Quadrangle <br />Township/Range/Section:17S/3W/62 <br />UTM or GPS Latitude: SHPO Inventory Number: <br />Longitude: <br />