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address: historic name:Oregon State University Historic District
Corvallis, Benton County current/other names:Corvallis College; OSU
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:Bounded by Monroe & Orchard Aves on north, 30th Street on the west, Washington Way and Jefferson Ave on South, and 11th and 15th Streets on the east twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:11S 5W 34
resource type:District height (stories):4.0 total elig resources:60 total inelig resources:23
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:c.1887 second date: date indiv listed:06/25/2008
primary orig use: College orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: Late 20th Century: Other prim style comments:Spanish Colonial Revival, Internationa Style
secondary style: Beaux Arts sec style comments:Modern Movement
primary siding: siding comments:
secondary siding:
plan type: architect:Bennes, John V.
builder:
comments/notes:
Additional documentation approved 4/15/09; Aditional documentation was technical error in the boundary. Additional documentation approved 6/14/2013 to correct factual errors, including ammending boundary and changing status of 1947 Gilmore Annex. 2-28-2017 - Additional documentation received to consider changing 3 buildings from C to NC. DJP 2-8-2018 - Additional documentation approved to change status of 3 buildings (Fairbanks Annex, Veterinary Medicine Research Lab, Black Cultural Center) to NC. RTO 10/22/2021: NPS Approved a Boundary Decrease (#BC100007085) on October 20, 2021 and Additional Documentation (#AD08000546) on October 20, 2021. RTO
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Oregon State University (OSU) Buildings in Oregon Survey & Inventory Project
   Oregon State University Historic District Listed Historic District 06/25/2008 2007
NR date listed: 06/25/2008
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s): None
Special Assess Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
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(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
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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
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