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NR Nomination
Inventory Form

LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:1501 Kincaid St historic name:University Of Oregon Library & Memorial Quad
Eugene, Lane County current/other names:Knight Memorial Library; Knight Library; University of Oregon Main Library
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:Kincaid St At E 15th Ave twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:17S 3W 32
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:Building height (stories):3.0 total elig resources:2 total inelig resources:
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:1921 second date:1937 date indiv listed:03/09/1990
primary orig use: Library orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: Beaux Arts prim style comments:Modernistic Beaux Arts
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: Brick:Other/Undefined siding comments:
secondary siding: Cast Stone
plan type: architect:Lawrence, Holford, Allyn, Bean
builder:Hammond, Ross, Inc
comments/notes:
Library dates to 1937; Quad to the 1920s. Library funded by PWA; artwork inside and out provided by WPA program. Major remodel in the early 1990s has rendered the 1937 building basically a shell. Eligible anymore? (cc-2014)
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   PWA Buildings and Structures (Public Works Administration) Thematic Grouping
   WPA Structures (Works Progress Administration) Thematic Grouping
Farmstead/Cluster Name:University Of Oregon
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 03/09/1990
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s)
SHPO Case Date Agency Effect Eval
08/30/2001 no 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: