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Historic and Cultural Resources <br />Alternative 2 Site History <br />Alternative 2, the Chiquita site (formerly Agripac), consists of the western portion of the <br />triangular block located south of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks and east of Highway 99 in <br />Eugene. This portion of Highway 99 runs in the approximate location of the historical Eugene <br />millrace. Sanborn fire insurance maps from 1895 indicate that east of Ferry Street this site <br />' included 13 residential buildings, the F.D. Dunn hop kiln, and an unidentified building along the <br />railroad tracks. West of Ferry Street, the site included four houses, the A. Wheeler and J.C. <br />Goodale lumber yards, and the Eugene Canning and Packing Company. The lumber yards were <br />located near the millrace, while the canning and packing company stood near the railroad tracks. <br />By 1902, the single small house located east of Ferry Street had been replaced with two larger <br />dwellings, and the hop kiln and neighboring unidentified building were still present. West of <br />Ferry Street, two residential buildings had been removed, and one was replaced with a small <br />unidentified building. The industrial buildings also experienced changes. The Eugene Electric <br />Light Company had taken the place of the lumber mills, and the Allen Evaporating Company had <br />taken over the location once occupied by the cannery. <br />The construction of the Eugene Ice & Storage Company in 1912 resulted in the removal of one <br />residential building east of Ferry Street, which was replaced with a larger dwelling. West of <br />Ferry Street, two houses were added, and the previously mentioned unidentified building had <br />been removed. The 8~' Avenue planing mill and wood yard were built in the southwest corner of <br />this site, .replacing the Eugene Electric Light Company. The Allen Evaporating Company site <br />became known as the Eugene Fruit Growers Association Cannery and Fruit Dryer. Within this <br />complex, a building had been added to house the evaporator. <br />By the mid-1920s, the growth of the Eugene Fruit Growers Association encroached upon the <br />residential use of the Chiquita site area. The complex spread across the entire northern portion <br />of the site to include the previous location of the Eugene Ice & Storage Company buildings. The <br />expanding Eugene Fruit Growers Association complex also encroached on the lumberyard in the <br />southwest corner of the site, which by 1925 was owned by the E. F. G. Association's box <br />lumberyard. Two houses and a single building owned by the 8~' Avenue planing mill faced East <br />8`n Avenue. <br />The Eugene Fruit Growers Association continued to expand during the following decades. By <br />the 1960s, the association dominated nearly the entire Chiquita site, with only two houses <br />remaining at the southeastern corner of the site. By 1970, the association's canned goods <br />warehouse, located at the southwestern corner of the site, had been sold for use as an automobile <br />paint shop. <br />Historic Properties <br />A description of the historic buildings within the area of potential effect for the Riverfront site <br />(Alternative 1) is provided in the final EIS, Appendix A. A description of the historic buildings <br />that lie within the area of potential effect for the Chiquita (formerly Agripac) site (Alternative 2) <br />New Federal Courthouse 67 Final EIS <br />