Eugene Hotel Dining Room

What a classy room! It must have been a treat to dine in this grand room. The Hotel's current incarnation as a retirement home is actually almost as impressive. Does anyone know, was this the "Bib and Tucker Room"?

Easrly View of Broadway from the Eugene Hotel circa 1925

Here is a great shot of East Broadway from one of the upper floors of the old Eugene Hotel. The minor Building has been completed to the left. The roof of the Quackenbush building is just below it. Evidently the Texaco station on the corner has not been built yet as the lot appears empty. Downtown can be seen in the distance.

Eugene Hotel and Shuttle Bus 1928

Here is the main entrance of the then recently completed Eugene Hotel with the Hotel shuttle bus parked in front. This view was taken circa 1928 and illustrates how little the structure has changed over the last 8o-odd years.

Eugene Hotel looking South East

Here is a slightly later view of the Eugene Hotel looking South East showing a closer view of the great hanging neon sigh. Notice all the other neon signage around and on top of the building. Also to the right is the Texaco service station mentioned in the November 2 post. This site has been a parking lot for many years now.

The Osborn Hotel

The Osborn Hotel was built in 1910 on the N.W. corner of 8th and Pearl streets. The main entrance faced 8th Ave. It was Eugene's largest and finest Hotel until the completion of the Eugene Hotel in 1925. The Osborn had both ladies and gentleman's parlors which were elaborately furnished, a billiard room and a huge dining room. Several pieces from the Osborn, namely the beautiful Chinese chair are now in the collection of the Lane County Pioneer Museum.

East Broadway looking West

Here is a day time view of East Broadway looking toward the view point of yesterdays post. This shot was probably taken a decade earlier judging buy the age of the cars. The two major buildings on the left are the Eugene Hotel and the Medical- Dental Building on the next block. In yesterdays post I surmised that the S.W. corner of Broadway and Pearl was a parking lot as it remains to this day. It appears there was a Texaco Station in operation when this photo was taken. At the far right can be seen the building that now houses Lee Travel which then was home to a Dry Cleaners. In the distance can be seen the White Temple which is featured in an earlier post. Out of view to the right would be the First Baptist Church which now houses the Shedd.

East Broadway at night

I love this shot of East Broadway at night (Probably late 50's). All the neon makes makes it look like the "Happening" part of town. On the right is the 1902 Quackenbush building and the building that now houses Ambrosia. It looks like the corner was a surface parking lot even then. Next is the Eugene Hotel with its neon sign still hanging diagonally over the intersection of Pearl and Broadway. The one story buildings on the left are probably today's existing buildings still in some semblance of their original configuration.