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NR Nomination
LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
historic name:
Administration Bldg, Eastern Oregon State College
La Grande, Union County
current/other names:
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
EOU Campus
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
3S 38E 8
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
2.0
total elig resources:
1
total inelig resources:
elig evaluation:
eligible/significant
NR Status:
Individually Listed
prim constr date:
1927
second date:
1929
date indiv listed:
02/27/1980
primary orig use:
College
orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style:
Mediterranean Revival
prim style comments:
secondary style:
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Stucco
siding comments:
secondary siding:
Granite
plan type:
Central Block with Wings
architect:
Bennes, John V
builder:
Unknown
comments/notes:
In addition to the building, the formal 'Grand Staircase' is part of the original design and is included as a contributing element in the NRHP nomination.
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In:
Type of Grouping
Date Listed
Date Compiled
Eastern Oregon University Survey
Survey & Inventory Project
2018
Farmstead/Cluster Name:
Eastern Oregon University
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
02/27/1980
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
05/09/2017
106 Project(s)
SHPO Case
Date
Agency Effect Eval
09-1129
11/06/2009
adverse effect
Special Assess Project(s):
None
Federal Tax Project(s):
None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Refer to scanned documents links.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Refer to scanned documents links.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records
Census Records
Property Tax Records
Local Histories
Sanborn Maps
Biographical Sources
SHPO Files
Interviews
Obituaries
Newspapers
State Archives
Historic Photographs
City Directories
Building Permits
State Library
Local Library:
University Library:
Historical Society:
Other Respository:
Bibliography:
