Want to find out more about the history of your house? Check these resources:
OFFICIAL RECORDS: Lane County Courthouse
For official information about your home, go to the Public Service Building in the Lane County Court House, 125 East 8th Ave. (541 682-4321). In the basement you’ll fine the Assessment & Taxation Department, Go there first and obtain a Legal Description Card for your property.
Take this card upstairs to the Deeds andRecords Department (541 682-3641). There you can trace all deeds for your house/property from the time it was built. Learn the names of former owners, dates and cost of changes to the dwelling, liens on the property, etc.
Eugene Public Library: 100 W. 10th, open 10-8pm. M-F, Sat & Sun 10-6pm.
Second Floor Reference Area
• Lane County telephone directories: these date back to the early 1920s and include reverse listings by address. City directories for he following years: 1912, 18, 21, 25, 28, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41, and 42.
Second Floor
Microfiche copies of newspapers for the obituaries of people who lived in your home.
• University of Oregon Library, Special Collections 2nd floor (541) 346-3068 lib web.uoregon.edu/speccoll Has various years from 1910 on and Eugene telephone books from the 1970’s.
Inventories
An inventory of area homes was made as part of the South University Historic District nomination. Basic information includes year of construction, architectural style, previous owners and alterations to property. An earlier inventory of homes on Potter and University streets, including oral histories, is available, too. To access these sources, message us on the SUNA Facebook page.
