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Commonwealth Hall, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Wick & Hilgers (architecture firm, 1945-1959)
  • Clarence Herbert Wick (architect, 1907-1970)
  • Albert William Hilgers (architect, 1907-1990)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1952
Description
  • This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
View
  • exterior
View Date
  • 1975-03-29
Temporal
  • 1950-1959
MODS Note
  • Commonwealth Hall was completed in September 1952. It bridged two historic structures: Oregon Hall (formerly named Education, then Gilbert West, and now Peterson Hall) and Commerce Hall (now Gilbert Hall). It's design garnered some controversy since it altered the historic campus plan which delineated an unobstructed north-south axis. Praised upon its opening as 'built to last a century', Commonwealth was demolished in 2003 to make way for the Lillis Business Complex. The Lillis building web site provides timelapse images of Commonwealtlh's demolition.. Commonwealth Hall's green-tinted windows and sleek lines were reminiscent of Pietro Belluschi's landmark Equitable Building (Portland) built a few years earlier.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_13947
Item Locator
  • mdr02503
Source
  • Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Is Part Of
  • University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
Institution
Conversion
  • This image is derived from a master TIFF (3000 x 5000 pixel, 16 bit) created by scanning a 35m slide which remains as the archival artifact. Digital editing may have included cropping, color correction, and removal of dust, scratch, or other artifacts reproduced in the scanning process.
Submission Date
  • 04/24/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (16 Apr 2024). Commonwealth Hall, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67hb091

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Commonwealth Hall, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 16 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67hb091

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Commonwealth Hall, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-16. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67hb091

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Hilgers, Albert W. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/HilgersAlbertW
2 Wick, Clarence H. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/WickClarenceH
3 Wick & Hilgers http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/WickandHilgers
4 Ross, Marion Dean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82202764
5 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
6 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
9 universities (building complexes) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300006617
10 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
11 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
12 Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5735869/
13 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
14 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
15 Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5725846/
16 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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