Eugene City Hall, Municipal building in Eugene, United States.
Eugene City Hall, also called the Civic Center, was a single-story mid-century modern building with a central landscaped plaza and underground parking. It was designed by Stafford, Morin, and Longwood, the winners of a 1961 national contest with 25 entries, and stood from 1964 until its demolition in 2014–15.
Eugene City Hall resulted from a national design contest with 25 entries, narrowed to four and awarded in 1961 to Stafford, Morin, and Longwood of Eugene and Portland. Site work began in early 1962, and the building opened in 1964. It was abandoned in 2012 and demolished between September 2014 and June 2015.
The building and its landscaped plaza were praised as low-key, open designs that welcomed public participation in government. In 1965 the Southwest Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Architects gave it a citation for excellence in community architecture.
The former City Hall site at 777 Pearl Street became a paid parking lot in early 2019, sold that year by the city to Lane County. The lot was meant to last 18 months while a county courthouse bond was pursued, but voters rejected the bond with 58% opposed, so parking continues.
In 2019 the cleared site was sold to Lane County as a possible courthouse location and turned into a paid parking lot meant to last 18 months. A courthouse bond then failed with 58% against and 41% in favour, so the lot has stayed in use.
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