Willakenzie Grange Hall (Eugene, Oregon)
- Title
- Willakenzie Grange Hall (Eugene, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- Willakenzie Grange No 498 Halll (Eugene, Oregon)
- Creator
- Harlow, Frank B. Ayres, William A. Rice, C. A. Calef, Ira Smith, George
- Photographer
- Hammerich, Gail
- Creator Display
- George Smith (builder/contractor) Ira Calef (builder/contractor) C. A. Rice (builder/contractor) William A. Ayres (builder/contractor) Frank B. Harlow (builder/contractor)
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2009) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
- Provenance
- University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1910-1919
- Style Period
- Craftsman (style) vernacular architecture
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views societies' buildings granges (fraternal buildings) works, agricultural plans (orthographic projections) plans, floor
- Latitude
- 44.081737
- Longitude
- -123.061602
- Location
- Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 3055 Willakenzie Road
- Date
- 1913
- View Date
- 2008
- Identifier
- lane_eugene_willakenzie.pdf
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Source
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
- Type
- Image
- Format
- application/pdf
- Material
- wood, shiplap walls; concrete foundation; asphalt shingle roof
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Citation
- National Register of Historic Places Nomination Edna A. Scott, The Grange Movement in Oregon: 1873-1900 ( University of Oregon Thesis, 1923).
- Note
- Built in 1913 as the meeting hall for Willakenzie Grange #498, this vernacular-style building stands as a reminder of the once-dominant agricultural community that occupied the region since its earliest pioneer settlement. The Grange movement began in 1868 as an outlet for farmers to organize around common political, economic, and social interests. The organization spread quickly across the United States and Oregon. Will Ayres and Frank Harlow, both area farmers and sons of early settlers, organized the Grange in 1913 with sixty-four initial members. The group decided on the name Willakenzie, combining the names of the nearby Willamette and McKenzie Rivers. Grange members themselves constructed the building, and once complete it served as an area meeting place. Grange members were active participants in the annual Lane County Fair, voiced concerns about a number of local issues, and established the Producer’s Public Market in 1915, which later became the Lane County Farmers Market. Sou