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First Congregational Church (Eugene, Oregon)

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Built
  
1925

Added to NRHP
  
February 12, 1980

Phone
  
+1 541-345-8741

NRHP Reference #
  
80003333

Opened
  
1925

Architect
  
Walter R. B. Willcox

First Congregational Church (Eugene, Oregon)

Location
  
492 E. 13th Ave., Eugene, Oregon

Address
  
1050 E 23rd Ave, Eugene, OR 97405, USA

Architectural style
  
Mediterranean Revival architecture

Similar
  
First Presbyterian Church, St Mary Roman Catholic, Temple Beth Israel, Matthew Knight Arena, University of Oregon Museum

The First Congregational Church building, of Eugene, Oregon, is a former church building listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1925. Also known as the Old Congregational Church and more recently as the Willcox Building, it includes Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals and Mediterranean Revival architecture.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Having ceased to be used as a church, the building was sold in 1956. It then served as a memorial chapel from 1956 to 1979. After being sold again in 1979, to Associated Management, Inc., it was put to use for other activities. It was renamed the Willcox Building, after the architect who designed it, Walter R. B. Willcox (1869–1947).

According to its NRHP nomination, it "is significant for its architectural excellence. It is the best of the remaining local structures designed by Walter R. B. Willcox, a Northwest architect and educator of considerable renown, and considered to be his only ecclesiastic building in Oregon."

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First Congregational Church (Eugene, Oregon) Wikipedia


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