Washburne Historic District

	Washburne Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Entering the Washburne Historic District near 4th and E Streets
Location	Springfield, Oregon; bounded by Pioneer Parkway, A Street, 10th Street, and G Street
Coordinates	44°02′53″N 123°01′10″W / 44.047958°N 123.019496°W
Area	84 acres
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	87000042
Added to NRHP	February 10, 1987

The Washburne Historic District in Springfield, Oregon was established in 1985 and added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987. The district includes 29 full blocks and five partial blocks, and it is roughly bounded by A Street on the south, G Street on the north, Pioneer Parkway on the west, and 10th Street on the east. Its total area encompasses 84 acres.

Springfield General Hospital, now an apartment building within the district, is individually listed on the NRHP.

History

Named for banker and flour mill owner C.W. Washburne,^[1] the Washburne Historic District is part of an 1852 Donation Land Claim by Springfield founder Elias Briggs. The grid style blocks were platted from surveys between 1872 and 1890. Nearly 44 percent of surviving structures were completed between 1890 and 1915. Most of the district included paved streets and sidewalks by the mid-1920s.^[2]

Classification of buildings

The district includes five classes of buildings:^[2]

Primary significant: built 1890 - 1915, 136 structures
Secondary significant: built 1916 - 1930, 98 structures
Compatible/contributing: built 1930 - 1940, 12 structures
Compatible/non-contributing:

built after 1940 and consistent with the character of the district

built 1890 - 1940 but substantially altered by renovation, 80 total

Intrusion/non-contributing: non-historic structures irrelevant to the building traditions in the district, 9 structures

References

^ C.W. Washburne is named by the Springfield Historic Commission, although the NRHP nomination form mentions his son, Byron A. Washburne "Springfield Historic Commission: Washburne Historic District". Retrieved April 23, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP Nomination Form". Retrieved April 23, 2014.

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Classification of buildings

References

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