Commonwealth Hall, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- Title
- Commonwealth Hall, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- Creator
- Wick & Hilgers Wick, Clarence H. Hilgers, Albert W.
- Photographer
- Ross, Marion Dean
- Creator Display
- Wick & Hilgers (architecture firm, 1945-1959) Clarence Herbert Wick (architect, 1907-1970) Albert William Hilgers (architect, 1907-1990)
- Description
- This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
- View
- exterior
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1950-1959
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works
- Location
- Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Date
- 1952
- View Date
- 1955-10
- Identifier
- pna_13946
- Item Locator
- mdr02501
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Is Part Of
- University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- Commonwealth Hall was completed in September 1952. It bridged two historic structures: Oregon Hall (formerly named Education, then Gilbert West, and now Peterson Hall) and Commerce Hall (now Gilbert Hall). It's design garnered some controversy since it altered the historic campus plan which delineated an unobstructed north-south axis. Praised upon its opening as 'built to last a century', Commonwealth was demolished in 2003 to make way for the Lillis Business Complex. The Lillis building web site provides timelapse images of Commonwealtlh's demolition.. Commonwealth Hall's green-tinted windows and sleek lines were reminiscent of Pietro Belluschi's landmark Equitable Building (Portland) built a few years earlier.
