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Eugene Mill & Elevator Company, 500 East Fourth Avenue, Eugene, Lane County, OR
Location500 East Fourth Avenue,
Eugene, OR
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS OR-140
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-14).
Building/structure dates:
1895 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1920 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1986 demolished
0.1987
Significance: The Eugene Mill & Elevator was constructed in 1895 by Williams & Matthews to replace a previous mill destroyed by fire in 1892. The site was historically located along a millrace developed in c1850 by Hilyard Shaw, and given additional impetus when the Oregon & California Railroad reached Eugene in 1871. In 1877-1898 the millrace became the industrial heart of Eugene. By 1912 a grainhouse replaced a small shed on the west elevation to connect the elevator and flour mill. The west lean-to roof was raised on the north end during the early 1920s to accommodate equipment for conversion to electrical power. The Bushman Brothers acquired the mill & elevator in 1931 and operated it until 1946 when all but the lone elevator burned down. The cupola was removed in the 1970s when the new roof and east shed of corrugated steel were constructed. The elevator was significant as the last remaining structure of the city's pioneer millrace industrial complex, which catapulted Eugene to commercial prominence and its designation as the county seat. After extensive review by the City of Eugene, the elevator was allowed to be demolished by the Eugene Water & Electric Board in November 1986.
Related Names
Diffenbach, D., Field Team
Wong, D., Field Team
Sorrels, C., Field Team
Sekora, L., Field Team
Vogel, Neal A., Delineator
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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