Old Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House (Eugene, Oregon)

Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House (Old)

The ATO fraternity house in 2013
Location 1143 Oak Street
Eugene, Oregon
Coordinates 44°02′50″N 123°05′28″W / 44.047244°N 123.091026°W / 44.047244; -123.091026Coordinates: 44°02′50″N 123°05′28″W / 44.047244°N 123.091026°W / 44.047244; -123.091026
Built 1910
Built by George Lill
Architectural style American Craftsman
NRHP Reference # 83002158
Added to NRHP September 1, 1983

The first Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house in Eugene, Oregon is a 2.5-story building in the craftsman style completed in 1910. The wood-frame, hip roof building was constructed by Eugene blacksmith George Lill and features seven varieties of decorative cement blocks applied to the exterior surface. Lill manufactured the blocks himself by a process meant to simulate fine ashlar stone masonry.[1]

Alpha Tau Omega was the fourth fraternity to open at the University of Oregon. The club occupied the house from 1910 to 1922, when a new fraternity house was constructed closer to the university.[2][1]

The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Alpha Tau Omega chapter at the University of Oregon closed in 2000. The fraternity has since reestablished its presence at the University of Oregon by colonizing on February 6, 2015.

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References

  1. 1 2 "NRHP Nomination Form: Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House (Old)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ "New Houses for Several Fraternities". Oregon Emerald. Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon. September 24, 1910. p. 2.
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