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Eugene Public Library was established as a tax-supported entity in 1904. [1] [5] In 1906, Oregon's first Carnegie Library was established on the corner of Willamette Street and East 11th Avenue. [4] [6] In 1959, a new library building opened at the corner of West 13th Avenue and Olive Street. [1]
February–December. Location (s) Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A. Website. Lane County Farmers Market. The Lane County Farmers Market is the largest farmers market in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It provides fresh, locally grown produce, food products, flowers, and plants where shoppers buy directly from the producers.
Eugene has a long history of community activism, civil unrest, and protest activity. [1] Eugene's cultural status as a place for alternative thought grew along with the University of Oregon in the turbulent 1960s, and its reputation as an outsider's locale grew with the numerous anarchist protests in the late 1990s.
Coordinates: 44.0507°N 123.0912°W. The Park Blocks in November 2011. The Park Blocks, formerly known as Hitching Post Square, [1] are an urban plaza in Eugene, Oregon, United States. [2] Tom Hardy's untitled fountain and sculpture (1952) and Jan Zach's Three Standing Forms (1959) are both installed in the park. [3] [4]
Eugene City Hall. / 44.051505; -123.088933. Eugene City Hall, also known as the Civic Center, was the city hall of Eugene, Oregon, United States, the second-largest city in Oregon, from 1964 to 2012. It was a mid-century modern, single-story structure with a central plaza and underground parking. It was opened in 1964, closed in 2012, [1] and ...
The Storyteller. / 44.04980; -123.09259. The Storyteller, also known as the Ken Kesey Memorial, [1] is an outdoor bronze sculpture by Pete Helzer, installed at Kesey Square (located at Broadway and Willamette Street) in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. Unveiled in 2003, [2] it depicts American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure ...
Meier & Frank. Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Meier & Frank was a prominent chain of department stores founded in Portland, Oregon, United States, and later bought by The May Department Stores Company. Meier & Frank operated in the Pacific Northwest from 1857 to 2006.
The main United States Post Office in Eugene, Oregon, is a 2-story Art Deco building designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood and constructed in 1939. The front facade features blue and cream colored terracotta with black and buff colored accents, and pilasters separate multicolored window bays. The building is the only example of federal Art Deco ...