Knight Library, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)

Title
Knight Library, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative
University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) Library, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
Creator
Lawrence, Holford, and Allyn Lawrence, Ellis Fuller Holford, William Allyn, Frederick S. Lawrence, H. Abbott Tucker, Ernest F. Wallmann, George R. Hamlin & Martin Architecture Hamlin, Claire K. Martin, B. King Hammond, Ross B.
Creator Display
Lawrence, Holford & Allyn (architecture firm, 1933-1941) Ellis Fuller Lawrence (architect, 1879-1946) William Gordon Holford (architect, 1878-1970) Frederick Stanley Allyn (architect, 1883-1963) Ross B. Hammond (builder/contractor, 1889-1966) Lawrence, Tucker & Wallmann (architecture firm, 1946-1960) Henry Abbott Lawrence (architect, 1906-1967) George Rudolf Wallmann, Jr. (architect, 1906-1984) Ernest Fanning Tucker, Jr. (architect, 1900-1976) Claire K. Hamlin (architect) B. King Martin (architect)
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; balcony detail, featuring lamp of knowledge
Provenance
Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal
1930-1939 1950-1959 1960-1969 1990-1999
Style Period
Beaux-Arts (style) eclecticism
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views universities (buildings) cultural centers (buildings) libraries (buildings) balconies
Latitude
44.043485
Longitude
-123.077478
Location
Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address
1501 Kincaid Street
Date
1937
Identifier
pna_07979
Item Locator
Shellenbarger Collection; Box L Section 14; 99-06395
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
University of Oregon
Source
Gift of Michael Shellenbarger
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Is Part Of
University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
Institution
University of Oregon
Citation
Guide to the Ellis Fuller Lawrence Papers , Northwest Digital Archives, http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv35243 Ellis Lawrence Building Survey, https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/2150 University of Oregon Heritage Landscape Plan, http://uplan.uoregon.edu/projects/HLP_website/hlpsurveyofbldgs.htm
Note
The building now known as Knight Library opened as the Library in 1937 based on the designs of Lawrence, Holford, & Allyn. Subsequent alterations and additions: first addition (Lawrence, Tucker & Wallmann, 1950); second addition (Hamlin & Martin, 1966); third addition (TBG Architects & Planners, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson Abbott, 1994)