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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
201 SW Waldo Pl
historic name:
Valley Library, The
Corvallis, Benton County (97331)
current/other names:
Kerr Library presently Valley Library
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
11S 5W 34
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
6.0
total elig resources:
total inelig resources:
elig evaluation:
not eligible/out of period
NR Status:
Listed in Historic District
prim constr date:
c.1962
second date:
date indiv listed:
primary orig use:
Library
orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style:
Contemporary
prim style comments:
secondary style:
sec style comments:
primary siding:
siding comments:
brick veneer with decorative aluminum solar screening
secondary siding:
plan type:
School (General)
architect:
builder:
comments/notes:
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In:
Type of Grouping
Date Listed
Date Compiled
Oregon State University Historic District
Listed Historic District
06/25/2008
2007
Farmstead/Cluster Name:
Oregon State University
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
N/A
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
05/16/2007
106 Project(s):
None
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)
1963- ? Kerr Library Alterations: original building rebuilt and greatly expanded.
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
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Property Tax Records
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Biographical Sources
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Obituaries
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State Archives
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City Directories
Building Permits
State Library
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University Library:
Historical Society:
Other Respository:
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