555 W 7th Street

"Dear Sir:
This new six room bungalow faces south and east on a corner lot 66x160. Furnished with good common oak furniture including a $350 piano for $2,950. Bath, toilet, well worth investigating. No commission, all clear, I own this property myself."

Wilmer S. Frawn
555 W 7th Street
Eugene, Oregon

Phone: Black 4292


Above is the discription written on the back of a post card of this little house which once stood at the North West corner of 7th and Washington streets. While the house faced east it appears for some reason to have been given a 7th St. address and not one on Washington. It is now the the location of the 7th street on-ramp of the Washington/Jefferson Street bridge.

View Northwest from Skinners Butte circa 1910

This is a less common view from the top of Skinners Butte. While most views of Eugene were taken of downtown from the south side of the Butte, this is taken from the west side looking northwest. The Washington-Jefferson Bridge now cuts across the farm land in the foreground while Valley River Center occupies the open land on the other side of the Willamette River. Not many years after this photo was taken The River Road/Santa Clara area would begin to grow up in the open fields just below the horizon.