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<br />Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties <br />Historic Resource Survey Form <br />Page 2 <br />County: Lane <br />Statement of Signficance (Use additional sheets ff necessary) <br />Physical Narrative Description: <br />This massed plan-side gabled house is typical of this style and its date of construction. The house is two <br />rooms deep, one story and has a small front-gable entry porch, which was typical for these homes built after <br />the 1930s. The house is wood-frame and constructed on a concrete foundation. Its original rectangular plan <br />has been altered by an addition on part of the reaz elevation. However, the date of this addition is unknown <br />as it does not appeaz on any Sanborn maps. The side-gabled roof is covered with composition shingles and <br />the addition, which has a shed roof, is covered with rolled roofing. The exterior walls are clad with <br />clapboard. The front door and some of the one-over-one double hung sash windows are original but there are <br />also large aluminum sliding windows, which aze framed with plastic shutters. This house is one just a few <br />single family dwellings that remain on this portion of W. D Street. Multi-family buildings occupy the <br />majority of this block. <br />Historical Significance: <br />This house was built at the begixuung of a period population growth 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. This modest house was built during the early part of this decade in <br />1941. Since this house was built, it has had several occupants. Records indicate that it was first owned by <br />William Cole and then subsequently by Charles and Lola Yeager beginning in 1944. Mrs. A. Heaton is listed <br />as the occupant in 1953. There are no further records for any of the house's residents. Based on the research, <br />it does not appeaz that this house is associated with any significant events or people, nor does it possess <br />architectural significance. HRA recommends that 137 W. D Street be determined not eligible for listing in <br />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 />Lane County <br />1944 Warranty Deed, Book 263, pg. 35 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: 8000 <br />Address: 137 W. D Street Quadrangle <br />Township/Range/Section: 17S/3W/82 <br />UTM or GPS Latitude: SHPO Inventory Number: <br />Longitude: <br />