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<br />Structures <br /> <br />Almost all lots were originally developed with a single-family house and, in many <br />cases, a small garage. <br /> <br />There are a few lots where the original structure was a one-stoty, side-by-side <br />duplex. During the two main phases of development in this area (pre- and post- <br />war), only two lots appear to have been developed with three or more dwellings. <br />These two developments are: <br /> <br />· The set of three one-story, small-scale duplexes on the double lot on the NW <br />comer ofW. 12th Ave. and Taylor St. . <br /> <br />· A duplex and separate single unit, both one-stoty and small-scale, on the SE <br />comer ofW. Broadway and Filmore St. <br /> <br />Note that both these developments are on comer lots. The three duplexes at W. <br />12th Ave. and Taylor St. are on a double lot, and their appearance and impact is <br />comparable to three units on a standard lot. <br /> <br />Almost all the original secondary structures were built as single-car garages. A <br />few of the original garages were two-car. Some of the original garages have now <br />been converted to dwellings. <br /> <br />There appear to be only one or two examples where a detached "cottage" was <br />built behind a house during the original pre- and post-war development. (The <br />other current examples of detached, single-family, secondary dwellings appear to <br />have been added in the 1970s or later.) <br /> <br />All established dwelling structures have sloped roofs (gabled or hipped). Almost <br />all have a roof pitch between 8/12 and 10/12. There are a few dwellings with <br />pitches up to 12/12 and one or two with steeper roof; but none under 6/12. <br /> <br />The typical pre-war houses are "bungalow" style with a maximum height from <br />grade to the ridgeline of20' to 22'. There are several (no more than five) <br />traditional houses that are higher, but none are higher than 27' to the ridgeline.21 <br />Typical post-war houses are all less than 22' high. <br /> <br />Typical secondary structures (almost all of which were originally garages) are 15' <br />high or less. There are no original secondary structures higher than 18'. <br /> <br />The footprint of pre-war houses is typically 30' or less across the gable end (the <br />short dimension on hip-roofed houses), and 35' to 45' (or less) along the longer <br />dimension. Post-war houses generally have shorter dimensions. <br /> <br />Typical houses have their main front plane IS' to 25' from the street-side lot <br />boundary. There are approximately five houses with a setback of 13' to 15'. There <br />are a sman number of original houses with more than a 25' setback, and in all <br />cases, these have yards in front (i.e., not parking, garages, or secondary <br />structures) . <br /> <br />21 The historic "Chambers House" is an atypical Victorian-style house that was moved from a different parteof Eugene and is higher than 27'.) <br /> <br />November 1, 2005 <br /> <br />Chambers Revisited - Neighbors' Report <br /> <br />39 <br />