Windsor W. Calkins House

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Windsor W. Calkins House
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Location588 E. 11th Avenue,
Eugene, Oregon
Coordinates 44°2′51″N123°4′58″W / 44.04750°N 123.08278°W / 44.04750; -123.08278 Coordinates: 44°2′51″N123°4′58″W / 44.04750°N 123.08278°W / 44.04750; -123.08278
Arealess than one acre
Built1902 (1902)
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No. 81000498 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 9, 1981

The Windsor W. Calkins House is a historic house located in Eugene, Oregon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 1981. [2]

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Description and history

The Queen Anne style house was built in 1902 for Windsor W. Calkins, a prominent Eugene attorney and banker, and embodies the distinctive characteristics of its style, including a multitude of gables, bays, a corner tower, flare top chimneys, and variegated wood siding. It is a 2+12-story structure, rectangular in plan with four two-story projecting bays. The house is in good condition and remains virtually unaltered.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 20. Retrieved July 17, 2011.