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2410460 [3] Website. www .eugene-or .gov. Eugene ( / juːˈdʒiːn / yoo-JEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast. [9]
Ya-Po-Ah Terrace. / 44.05611°N 123.09056°W / 44.05611; -123.09056. Ya-Po-Ah Terrace (nickname The High Place [1] ), is the tallest building in Eugene, Oregon at 212 feet (65 m). [citation needed] It is a controversial high-rise apartment building for senior citizens erected in 1968 at the foot of Skinner Butte. [2]
89000125. Added to NRHP. March 2, 1989. The McMorran and Washburne Department Store Building, also known as the Tiffany Building, is a four-story commercial structure in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. The original two-story building was constructed in 1902 by Nels Roney as a dry goods store owned by former Eugene mayor J. H. McClung.
The Oregon Electric Station was built in 1914 as a passenger station for the Oregon & California Railroad, which first completed laying tracks in Eugene in 1871 and added a connection to Portland ...
Skinner Butte. / 44.05861; -123.09306. Skinner Butte (often mistakenly called Skinner's Butte) is a prominent hill on the north edge of downtown Eugene, Oregon, near the Willamette River. A local landmark, it honors city founder Eugene Skinner and is the site of the municipal Skinner Butte Park. During the 1920s the letters "KKK" were burned ...
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. / 44.04417°N 123.07722°W / 44.04417; -123.07722. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The original building was designed by Ellis F. Lawrence as part of his "main university quadrangle," now known as the Memorial ...
The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History is a natural history museum on the University of Oregon campus, in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America.. The museum headquarters and public spaces are located at 1680 East 15th Avenue in a building inspired by the design of Pacific Northwest Native longhous
The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is Oregon's largest customer-owned utility. Founded in 1911, it provides electricity and water to more than 86,000 customers in or around Eugene, Oregon . Chartered by the City of Eugene , a five-member Board of Commissioners is elected by the citizens of Eugene and governs the utility. [1]