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Women’s basketball team takes it to the road again See preview on Page 5 Oregon Daily Emerald Tuesday, January 7, 1986 Eugene, Oregon Volume 87, Number 70 Eugene area to lose the well-known landmark 'Animal House’ demolition now imminent By Julie Freeman or Um> tmorald Petitions, protests and preser vationists were just not enough to .save the A.W. Patterson • House, which became a well known landmark for University . . students and tourists after the 1977 release • of the movie , •• ‘‘Animai House." in-which the • structure was featured. Destruction of the building might.begin.' as soon as,Thurs day, or. Friday, said .Ron. Braatz. 2 a local developer, vyho current .. ly .owns.the .property on vVhich . - the. house sits. • ' • . ’ • . ‘‘THe house ° is\ -formally.. • sc hod tiled to come.do w n on the : * : iXth°'(of tKis: monthl.'^ .Bwwtz said:* '■ ' ResidentSo.of "the- building. • which .has served9as;a rooming ° house for the last 'several' yoars..’ '. finished, moving out °<;>f the \ - "structuhi - on' JDec. . 31"; after several" atlr/mpts .to save it from destruction failed s*• • • • . • .. ; • o Organized efforts to preserve the huildirig first begun in Oct ' ober-. when Braatz" announced. " his plans to demolish the house, located a t 7,51 K ! Tlth' Ave... "/ . In early December. a Portland mao, David (Iwyther, expressed an interest in saving the building, Cwyther said he plan ned to move the turn-of-the century house to another site and restore it to its original con dition. Hu. Cwyther's plans fail ed when he was unable to secure a loCfor the building. Hraatz-said. - ° . » Hraatz and his partner Marry 'Kub«nstein, a local businessman, have said they plan' to build" a new medical clinic on the spot. The clinic will- ° prpvide space "for the •Women’s and Children's Clinic, which.will soon lobsa the lease,* _ori- its cUrrent building. located across the street from the house. • " On-site construction for the new medical clinii: "should begin by next month, Hraatz said. •.• '' ‘ ■ '*• , ".We are shooting for . a building permit .by the middle of February . "- he said*. ‘ ^ » ° .Besides. serving the,,title role • Jri National lampoon's popular film 'about fraternity life in the early lUtiOs. the Patterson house was the . home Of one '.of Flu gene's, most, pfom inant pioneers, ;A.W. Patterson, who plotted: and “surveyed the town in the nnd-lBOOs with Hu gene The party is over, for Eugene of a popular wf? fhdvie: . ' ? -r : • • •; . v. ..••• .* Skinner:.:'' . Attempts to. have the-, house designated a- historic: landmark were dropped when the Historic Review Board decided it was too late to stop Braatz' develop ment project, which: was ap proved by the city in early September. Members of .the -Lane* Cp^hty Historic Museum are hoping to remove two front columns and several windows from the building before it is destroyed. said Carol Daly, chairwoman for Eugene's Historic. Review Board.'.'- :.•* "We would like to keep them (the columns and windows) and eventually use them in some kind of a display," Daly said Passing the time Mary Mosher, who maintained the dreaded "clos ed board’’ on Monday, knitted her way through some of registration‘s slower periods. Photo by Derrel Hewitt Sacred Heart lab to expand with leveling of Mayflower By Scott McFetridge Of IIm Emerald Film lovers hoping to enjoy a movie at the Mayflower Theater on 11th Avenue will have to hurry, because as early as this spring, the 60-year-old struc ture and several surrounding buildings will be demolished. The theater as well as a barber shop, a book store, several deserted shops and the Women's and Children’s Clinic will make way for a joint venture laboratory, operated by Sacred Heart General Hospital. The new laboratory will house the combined staff and equip ment of Sacred Heart's laboratory and a lab operated by Pathology Consultants, now located in the Oakway Mall. Construction of the facility should contribute about $5 million to the local economy, and when completed the lab is expected to employ about 200 people, said hospital spokesman Alan Yordy. Hospital officials expect the lab to experience a 10 to 20 percent growth rate in the next five years, Yordy said. Merging the two laboratories will be a tremendous cost saving measure and should save the hospital thousands of dollars each month, which can be passed on to patients. Yordy said. Currently, the two labs duplicate equipment and ad ministration, he said. “This will eliminate virtually all of that duplication." Yordy said. A consulting firm, which recently submitted preliminary recommendations concerning hospital expansion, supports including street-level retail space in the lab, Yordy said. The structure will be no more than three to four stories, and probably will include some underground parking, he said. right here until March and then give me a month to move out, but why should I do it?” Nathan said. “1 would have had to stay here and lose money.*’ Nathan now has the time con suming job of selling everything remaining in the restaurant, in cluding fixtures, refrigerators and outdoor concrete benches and tables. Nathan doubts he can sell the merchandise until the end of January, which ‘They would have let me stay right here un til March and then give me a month to move out, but why should I do it? I would have had to stay here and lose money.9 — Lenny Nathan Yordy; said the hospital would help tenants of the buildings to relocate. In a related matter. Lenny Nathan, owner of Lenny’s Nosh Bar, closed his popular campus area eatery for the last time Dec. 20. the last day of final's week. Nathan's lease with Sacred Heart does not expire until March 1986, but because the hospital refuses to extend the restaurant's lease past that date. Nathan says he cannot afford to operate during the slow winter months. "They would have let me stay means he must pay several hun dred dollars in extra utility bills to keep the building open. Although he doesn’t regret opening the business. Nathan wishes he had bought a building instead of renting: "If 1 did, I’d have something to sell beside fixtures," he said. "I’m sad in a way. but it’s on to something else.” Nathan said. "It’s definitely been a lot of fun.” Sacred Heart plans to replace The Courtyard with a parking lot later this year.