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- Alternative Title
- Romania Building (Eugene, Oregon)
- Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (Eugene, Oregon)
- Romania Chevrolet Dealership (Eugene, Oregon)
- Joe Romania Chevrolet Dealership (Eugene, Oregon)
- Williams, Lew, Chevrolet Dealership (Eugene, Oregon)
- Creator Display
- Gale M. Roberts Company (builder/contractor)
- Balzhiser, Seder, & Rhodes (architecture firm)
- Creator
- Photographer
- Date
- 1960
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2011)
- View
- exterior: looking southeast at the north and west façades of the display pavilion (day shot) Photo courtesy of TBG Architects & Planners/inc (successor of Balzhiser, Seder, and Rhodes), c. 1960
- View Date
- 2010-07
- Temporal
- 1960-1969
- MODS Note
- The Lew Williams Chevrolet Dealership was recently listed in the National Register as an important local example of post-World War II modern era commercial architecture and also for its association with the changing infrastructure in Eugene during this period. The dealership’s display pavilion, attached to a former Coca-Cola bottling plant, was designed in 1959 by local architecture firm Balzhiser, Seder, and Rhodes and embodies the futuristic aspects of mid-century commercial architecture with its oval shape, glass walls, and the ultramodern, aerodynamic nature of its roofline. The placement of the dealership and modern display pavilion along Franklin Boulevard was strategic in an era of expanding transportation infrastructure and commercial development in Eugene. The dealership, which opened in 1960, later became known as the Joe Romania Chevrolet Dealership in 1969, and remained in the Romania family until the property was purchased by the University of Oregon in 2005.
- This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oreg
- Subject
- Work Type
- Location
- Street Address
- 2020 Franklin Boulevard
- GPS Latitude
- 44.044916
- GPS Longitude
- -123.062816
- Rights Holder
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
- Identifier
- pna_23148
- Source
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Is Part Of
- University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- Institution
- Submission Date
- 04/27/2015
- Modified
- 08/12/2022
- Collections
- Building Oregon (open)
APA
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (02 May 2024). Lew Williams Chevrolet Dealership (Eugene, Oregon) Retrieved from https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jk91m
MLA
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Lew Williams Chevrolet Dealership (Eugene, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 02 May 2024. https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jk91m
Chicago
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Lew Williams Chevrolet Dealership (Eugene, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-05-02. https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jk91m
Wiki
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