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Historic and Cultural Resources <br />In addition to the three potentially historic properties on the Riverfront site, the historic inventory <br />conducted for the project identified two nearby houses that are potentially eligible for National <br />Register listing (located at 111 West C Street and 214 Pioneer Pazkway in Springfield; see <br />Appendix A of this document). Construction at the Riverfront site would not directly affect <br />these two potentially eligible historic properties. Given the distance between these properties <br />and the proposed project, it is unlikely that the courthouse project would have any significant <br />impact on these historic properties. <br />Alternative 1, Option B <br />Construction under Alternative 1, option B would avoid direct impacts on the potentially historic <br />properties located on the lazger Alternative 1, option A site. The area around these properties <br />would change, however, possibly resulting in a moderate impact on the historic value of the <br />properties. Additionally, the new courthouse could induce other redevelopment in the azea <br />around the Riverfront site, and the potentially historic properties could be demolished and <br />replaced by new commercial buildings. <br />Construction under Alternative 1, option B would not directly affect the two offsite properties <br />discussed above. Given the distance between the properties and the proposed project, it is <br />unlikely that the courthouse project would have any significant impact on these potentially <br />historic properties. <br />Alternative 2, Option A (Preferred Alternative) and B <br />Constructing a new courthouse at the Chiquita (formerly Agripac) site, adjacent to the Agripac <br />office building (799 Ferry Street), which is potentially eligible for National Register listing under <br />criterion A, would cause a direct adverse impact on the integrity of the building by altering its <br />setting and feeling. Immediately surrounding the Chiquita site aze the Agripac machine shop <br />(518 East 8th Avenue), which is potentially eligible for National Register listing; a residential <br />building at 620 East 8th Avenue; and the Eugene Water and Electric Boazd (EWEB) steam plant <br />(500 East 5th Avenue). The Agripac machine shop and the residential building face the Chiquita <br />site along East 8th Avenue, while the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks separate the EWEB steam <br />plant from this site. Five additional historically significant buildings aze located on the blocks <br />surrounding the Chiquita site. <br />The Alternative 2 site is located in the heart of Eugene's historical industrial azea, where flour, <br />lumber, and woolen mills once operated, and where the Lane County Fruit and Vegetable <br />Growers Association evolved into Agripac, and subsequently Chiquita Processed Foods. To <br />i assist in understanding the industrial history and associated remnant buildings, the city of Eugene <br />~' has identified several historic buildings that form the Agripac grouping. This grouping includes <br />the buildings potentially eligible for National Register listing that are located east of the <br />Alternative 2 site and those directly facing the site..These buildings have a shazed history <br />associated with the industrial development of Eugene. <br />i <br />New Federal Courthouse 71 Final EIS <br />