CPC seeks to add Dads' Gates to historic register
The gates, built in 1940,
were constructed by local
blacksmith O.B Dawson
By Ayisha Yahya
News Editor
The Campus Planning Committee
agreed Thursday to support a propos
al to have the University's Dads' Gates
listed on the National Register of His
toric Places.
The 8-foot tall wrought-iron gates
are located on East 11th Avenue in
front of the Robinson Theater, and
they were completed in 1940 and
dedicated in 1941.
In comments that will be forward
ed to University President Dave
Frohnmayer, the planning committee
stated that while the University does
not have the ability to concur with or
object to a proposed listing on the
register, it "does have a responsibility
to play in historic preservation."
University Historic Preservation
graduate student Rachel Force initially
made the proposal to have the gates
listed in the National Register.
"I'm on a crusade to show that
these gates are important," Force said.
Force said the crusade started out
as a simple class project in a course
that teaches students about the Na
tional Register of Historic Places
nomination process. However, Force
said she became so interested in the
life of O.B. Dawson, the blacksmith
who built the gates, that she decided
to submit the proposal for formal
consideration.
Force is proposing the gates be list
ed under two National Register quali
fication criteria: the gates' association
with important historical events and
its creation by a master craftsman.
The process of getting the gates on
the register takes several steps. Force
presented the proposal in front of
the Eugene Historic Review Board
last month to its get support. She is
The Campus Planning Committee has submited a proposal to list the Dads’ Gate on the National Register of Historic Places.
Adam Amato Senior Photographer
now scheduled to make her case in
front of the State Advisory Commit
tee on Historic Preservation on Feb.
20. If this committee approves the
nomination, it will then pushed for
ward to the Keeper of the National
Register, who will make the final de
cision, Force said.
President Frohnmayer will send
comments on the gates from the
Campus Planning Committee to the
state body.
The gates were created and erected
as part of a University Building pro
gram, which began in 1935, accord
ing to documents from the
University archives. The University's
Dads' club, after which the gate is
named, solicited $2 donations from
its members and was able to raise
about $5,000, Force said. The federal
government also donated $20,000
for the gate.
Work on the gates began in 1938
and Dawson was commissioned to
create the gates. He also created the
gates inside the Knight Ubrary.
Force said as cars replaced horses in
the early part of the 20th century,
blacksmithing had become a dying
art. Thus, Dawson wanted the gates to
stand as a monument to the craft of
blacksmithing, according to the nom
ination's registration form.
"I felt that if the work of the black
smith was to become entirely obso
lete and extinct and disappear from
humanity's way of life, then 1 wanted
these gates to be an outstanding ex
ample and tribute to the incompara
ble skill of that man who once down
through the centuries occupied such
a prominent place in mankind's jour
ney through the ages," Dawson said
in his unpublished autobiography,
which is part of Knight Library's Spe
cial Collections.
If Force gets her way Dawson's wish
will be fulfilled.
"I hope this nomination will really
give (the gates) recognition," she said.
She said she also hopes students
will be more aware of historically sig
nificant elements on the campus. For
instance, Deady and Villard halls are
both on the National Register for His
toric Places and are National Historic
Landmarks.
"We all have these national historic
buildings on campus," she said.
"How many people know that?"
Contact the news editor
at ayishayahya@daiiyemerald.com.
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staff announcing that four interview
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on the second floor.
With windows acting as walls to
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Wright added.
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