St. Mary's Catholic Church

This is the old St. Mary's which stood on the northeast corner of 11th and Willamette across from the old First Christian Church. Built circa 1870 it served until the 1920's with the construction of the current St. Mary's on 11th and Charnelton. In the far right of the photo can be seen a part of the Issac Gray house which stood across 11th Ave, from St. Mary's After this sanctuary was removed a gas station was erected on the site which stood until 1959 when the current one story office building was built on the site.

McDonald Theater Building

Just north of the Y.M.C.A building on Willamette was the still extant McDonald Theater building. This early 1920's view show a Harold Lloyd film featured at the Theater and a Drugstore next door. Farther down there seems to be a small market. Earlier this site was home to the 1886 Humphey Memorial Episcopal Methodist Church, Which stood until it was replaced in 1914 buy the brick sanctuary a block south on Willamette St. The Theater space remains as a concert venue and retail shops still occupy the rest of the space in the nicely preserved building.

Y.M.C.A. Building on Willamette St.

In Friday's post the Eugene Y.M.C.A. building can be seen in the photo at the far right. It was built circa 1910 and pre-dated the Weatherbee-Powell bulding. The earliest photo shows the old First Christian Church which stood on the northwest corner of 11th and Willamette before the new church building was built on Oak St. in 1911. At the far left is the Eugene City Hall.

Weatherbee-Powers Furniture Company, 11th and Willamette

This building on the northwest corner of 11th and Willamette once housed the Weatherbee-Powers Furniture Company and later a succession of clothing stores. It was destroyed in the early 1960's for a parking lot and is now the site of the downtown L.T.D. station. Before the Weatherbee-Powers building was built the corner for many years was the site of the First Christian Church until it was raised after the new building was built on Oak St.