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NR Nomination
Inventory Form
LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
973-997 Willamette St
historic name:
Ax Billy Department Store
Eugene, Lane County
current/other names:
Ardel Building; Downtown Athletic Club
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
18S 4W 12
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:
1910
second date:
c.1914
date indiv listed:
08/26/1982
primary orig use:
Specialty Store
orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style:
Commercial (Type)
prim style comments:
COMMERCIAL
secondary style:
Modern Commercial (Type)
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Hollow Clay Tile
siding comments:
secondary siding:
plan type:
1-Part Block
architect:
Campbell, William T
builder:
Unknown
comments/notes:
Penthouse on top. out of W. Broadway Redevelopment project area
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In:
Type of Grouping
Date Listed
Date Compiled
1991 Eugene Downtown Cultural Resources Survey
Survey & Inventory Project
1991
Eugene West Broadway Redevelopment Area, 2007 RLS
Survey & Inventory Project
2007
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
08/26/1982
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
06/07/2007
Special Assessment
Status
Term
End Yr
Closed
1st
2001
Federal Tax Program
Status
Start
Compl
Complete
1986
106 Project(s):
None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Floor added on roof section
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:
