Palace Hotel (Eugene, Oregon)

Title
Palace Hotel (Eugene, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative
Lane Building (Eugene, Oregon Lane Hotel (Eugene, Oregon) Griggs Hotel (Eugene, Oregon) Hotel Gross (Eugene, Oregon)
Creator
McFarland, Van Dorn
Creator Display
Van Dorn McFarland (builder/contractor)
Description
National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1977) Document: National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form
Provenance
Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal
1900-1909
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views hotels (public accommodations) facilities, commercial mercantiles (buildings) stores
Latitude
44.054766
Longitude
-123.092842
Location
Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address
488 Willamette Street
Date
1903
Identifier
OR_Lane_Eugene_Palace_photos
Item Locator
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Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
University of Oregon
Type
Image
Format
application/pdf
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon
Citation
National Register of Historic Places, http://www.nps.gov/nr/
Note
The Palace Hotel as it appears today would be immediately recognizable to anyone who knew the Hotel Gross in 1903. No major structural alterations have taken place, and the interior has undergone only cosmetic, and rectifiable changes. The street orientation of the Palace, and its relationship to public transportation and commercial centers, are as they were in 1903. The hotel continues to function in a residential capacity. <p></p>Exterior. The three-story frame Hotel Gross was constructed in 1903 in a style similar to hotels built in the 1880s elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest. It is especially remin-, iscent of the Mt. Hood Hotel, a resort establishment built at Hood Rfver in the 1880s, in its detailing and proximity to the railroad depot. Rectangular in plan, and with bracketed overhanging eaves, the Hotel Gross might best be described as a western commercial adaptation of the Italianate. The name