Patterson, A. W., House (Eugene, Oregon)
- Title
- Patterson, A. W., House (Eugene, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- Animal House (Eugene, Oregon) A. W. Patterson House (Eugene, Oregon) Doctor A. W. Patterson House (Eugene, Oregon)
- 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
- 1900-1909
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views dwellings houses
- Latitude
- 44.047799
- Longitude
- -123.081044
- Location
- Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 751 East 11th Avenue
- Date
- 1903
- View Date
- 1985-08-12
- Identifier
- pna_21221
- Item Locator
- mdr02256
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- The house starred in the movie Animal House in 1978 (Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/). The house was demolished in 1986. A site at the property reads: SITE OF THE HOME OF A.W. AND AMANDA PATTERSON. HE WAS A PIONEER LANE COUNTY DOCTOR AND SURVEYER WHO PLATTED A GREATER PART OF EUGENE. IN 1853, PATTERSON WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE OREGON LEGISLATURE AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. AMANDA PATTERSON CAME ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS IN THE FIRST WAGON TRAIN OF 1843. THEIR DAUGHTER, IDA, WAS A EUGENE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. IN THE 1950S AND 1960S THE HOUSE WAS USED BY A FRATERNITY AND POPULARIZED IN THE LATE 1970S BY THE FILM "ANIMAL HOUSE".
