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Friendly Hall, built in 1893, is a three-story, red-brick masonry building located on the University of Oregon campus in
Friendly Hall, built in 1893, is a three-story, red-brick masonry building located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon
Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.
As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu ...
, United States.
Description
Friendly Hall overlooks the old campus quad, which dates to the founding of the university in 1876 and which includes some of the oldest and most historically significant buildings on campus, includingDeady Hall
University Hall, formerly Deady Hall, is a historic building located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was built from 1873 to 1876 by W. H. Abrams to a design by architect William W. Piper. It was the University of Oregon's first building, and ...
(1876), Villard Hall
Villard Hall is a historic building located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1886, it is the second-oldest building on the University of Oregon campus after University Hall. The Second Empire-style building was listed on National Re ...
(1886) and Fenton Hall (1906). The building was named for Samson Friendly, a Eugene merchant, Eugene city mayor (1893–95) and a member of the Union University Association, which established the university.
History
The building was designed in a Jacobean style by the renowned Portland architectural firmWhidden & Lewis
Whidden & Lewis was an architectural firm based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States, around the beginning of the 20th century, formed by William M. Whidden and Ion Lewis. The partnership was established in 1889. Their residential building ...
, who devised many of the most significant buildings in Portland, including Portland City Hall. Completed in 1893, the building was intended to be co-ed housing for the students at the school with separate entrances for men in the north and women in the south, and a communal dining area in the center. This idea only lasted for one year before it was converted to a fully male dormitory. The building continued to be used in this fashion until 1928, when Straub Hall opened as the new dorm and it was then converted into office space. The building was renovated in 1914, 1920, 1933, 1957, and 1961, when 27 new rooms were added. It is currently used as offices for the Department of Romance Languages.
See also
* University of Oregon campus * List of University of Oregon buildingsReferences
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