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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]
Skinner Butte. 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 into the hillside.
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] This remained the main library building until it ...
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Alan Torres, Eugene Register-Guard. October 27, 2023 at 8:01 AM. Lane County Commissioners approved the new Oregon Recovery and Treatment Centers methadone clinic at 98 East 11th Ave. The ORTC ...
The Eugene Mall was a car-free zone in the heart of Eugene, Oregon, United States, designed to encourage pedestrian access to shopping and entertainment areas. Dedicated on February 13, 1971, the mall opened amid three days of fanfare and dreams of a revitalized downtown. [ 1][ 2] Conflict over the scope and use of the mall began immediately ...
August 14, 1985. 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 ...
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 Ken Kesey reading to his three ...