Building project planned within historic context.Byline: DEVELOPMENT REPORT By Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard A vacant lot near Eugene's city center may get a new building - but in a rather old design style. That's because the residential/office project will seek to fit in with its neighbors - historical structures that date to the early 1900s. The lot, 1338 Lincoln Lincoln, city and district, England Lincoln, city (1991 pop. 79,980) and district, Lincolnshire, E England, in the Parts of Kesteven, on the Witham River. St., has plenty of history. It once housed a "vernacular ver·nac·u·lar n. 1. The standard native language of a country or locality. 2. a. The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language. See Synonyms at dialect. b. Gothic" building, which burned down in the 1980s. Any plans to develop the empty spot must pass city historic design review. The parcel is part of a trio of properties known as the "Ball House Ensemble The word ensemble can refer to
The "Ball House" at 1312 Lincoln is a craftsman-style house built in 1912 as the home and office of Abraham and Phoebe Phoebe, in astronomy Phoebe (fē`bē), in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn IX (or S9), Phoebe is 137 mi (220 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 8,047,985 mi Ball. Ball owned a timber-related company, said city planner Ken Guzowski. A smaller house at 1330 Lincoln St., also built in the craftsman style, is known as the "Ball Residence." The vacant lot is immediately south of the Ball Residence. Eugene's Historic Review Board listed the three properties as historic landmarks in 1999, at the request of a previous owner. The historic designation was merited largely because the Ball House is a work of John Hunzicker, a prolific early Eugene architect who designed many bungalows and fraternity houses, and the Eugene Hotel. The Ball House ensemble is among several hundred properties in Eugene with historic status, Guzowski said. Any changes to these properties must be approved by the city planning city planning, process of planning for the improvement of urban centers in order to provide healthy and safe living conditions, efficient transport and communication, adequate public facilities, and aesthetic surroundings. director. Larry and Christine Barber A barber (from the Latin barba, "beard") is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, give shaves, and trim beards. In previous times, barbers also performed surgery and dentistry. , both Eugene counselors, own the house at 1330 Lincoln and the adjacent empty lot. They want to put a 2,000-square-foot structure on the lot that could serve either as a residential duplex (communications) duplex - Used to describe a communications channel that can carry signals in both directions, in contrast to a simplex channel which only ever carries a signal in one direction. or an office for up to five tenants, Christine Barber said. "It will look very much in line with the 1920s architecture, and it will look more homelike than officelike," she said. The city is reviewing the Barbers' application and will solicit comment from residents within 300 feet of the lot. The city must evaluate whether the plans are compatible with the rest of the neighborhood for building height, setback setback In architecture, a steplike recession in the profile of a high-rise building. Usually dictated by building codes to allow sunlight to reach streets and lower floors, the building must take another step back from the street for every specified added height interval. from the street and other standards, Guzowski said. Barber said she and her husband were drawn to the Lincoln Street property because there's not much land available for redevelopment in downtown Eugene. The Barbers hope to start work on the project soon and to complete it by September. |
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