Campus area may become ‘historical’ site
By CHARLENE BELL
Of the Emerald
South University Neighbor
hood Association members fear
increased apartment conver
sions are threatening the “nos
talgic charm” of the neighbor
hood’s pre-depression style,
particularly in the University and
Potter streets area.
So SUNA is asking Eugene’s
Historic Review Board to desig
nate parts of the neighborhood
as an Historic Landmark Area.
The neighborhood asociation
must present tentative boun
dary lines and a statement of the
area's historical significance to
the review board this spring to
apply for land mark designation
That acknowledgement
would enable property owners
to apply for funds through the
city to make restorations or
repairs on their homes.
“The designation will also
mean that historical material will
be available for anyone who
wants to learn about the area,” '
says Ruth South, an area re
sident working on the project.
Residents have worked close
ly for almost two years with
the city’s Housing and Com
munity Conservation Office in
compiling a preliminary history
of the area, using resident in
terviews, University archives
and museum records.
The University and Potter
streets area is predominantly
composed of structures built
between the 1920s and 1930s
during a period of architectural
revival and experimentation,
says Kim Goddard, a masters
Photo by Erich Boekelheide
South University neighborhood homes are under consideration for
historic landmark designation.
student in historical preserva
tion of architecture and coor
dinator for the designation
project.
With the exception of a few
minor "face-lifts” performed in
the 1950s, a large number of
Tudor, Georgian and Colonial
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revivals in the neighborhood
have been maintained in ideal
condition by owners, Goddard
says. Some homes have rarely
changed hands in the past 60
years.
"The entire area was planned
with a sort of ‘grand avenue’
feeling in mind,” Goddard says.
"University Street is lined with
maple and birch trees, the
houses are set back from the
sidewalks, some surrounded by
stone walls still intact from the
20’s, all producing a nostalgic
walkway appearance.”
And area residents’ charac
teristics have seldom changed,
Goddard adds. The South
University neighborhood is still
chiefly composed of upper mid
dle-class professionals, includ
ing University professors,
lawyers and doctors.
Area residents hope the des
ignation will restrict exterior
alterations on the more historic
buildings and prevent future
owners from demolishing any
homes.
Goddard urges property
owners in the area to attend a
meeting Tuesday at the Delta
Tau Delta Fraternity, 1886
University St., to discuss the
implications of the designation.
SUNA members and city staff
will be on hand to present re
search and answer questions.
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programs for
area students
The Young Women’s Chris
tian Association, located at 841
E. 18th St., offers a wide selec
tion of service to the campus
community.
And this diversity is its stron
gest feature, says director
Trudy Cooper. The YWCA offers
three main programs:
• The Exceptional Friendship
Program trains volunteers to
help disabled children through
one-to-one friendship. The
volunteer and child participate
in recreational and social ac
tivities.
• The Education and
Outreach Program has three
ongoing projects this term.
A new project that replaces
the Brown Bag Lunch Series is
the sociology class “Violence
Against Women," taught by
Cooper.
The program also sponsors
lectures and debates on
political or social topics.
• The Scholarship Program
gave six $600 scholarships to
undergraduate students this
year.
The YWCA also helps support
a Racial Justice Program, the
Rape Crisis Network and the
Ethnic Women’s Alliance,
Cooper says.
"This is the closest thing to a
women’s center on campus,”
Cooper says.
Nationally, the YWCA is an
activist political group that does
legislative work for human
rights movements.
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a m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
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