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<br />J <br /> <br />2 S1~n1f1can~ <br /> <br />that the property remain Pl'otect.ftd a.nd in th~ publ1cdoll'l&1n to be enjoyed. In <br />addition to these phys1o~1 aspeets, the houee 10 eigntficant because of the 1n- <br />vOlve.ent of the owners in the development and progre~s of the City of Eugene. <br />ThOMS Winthrop Shelton us born 111 M18eourl in 1884. His pa.renta lAter <br />...tiled in Yaah111 oounty. ThoMS graduated froll medical school a.nd in 1870 <br />II&rried Adah Lucu who wo,l'5 born in MOlllllouth (Polk county) in 18;2. Her fArally <br />Were foun~rl& (4 Honlllouth College. Alberta. their only ehlld l4ae born 1872 <br />1n Sale.. <br />In Kareh of 1873. Shelton and hie falldly MOVed to ~ene wher~ he es't'- <br />tablbh8d hl111self e.6 a phyelcla.n and 4. druggll!lt. He purchat5~ propert.y at the <br />north .n(1 of town in ho fJ~ente. The 4.ctU&l bou.ndar1ee of the property are <br />unele-.r but the first seglllent Wa.e purCbAl!Jed. in July of 188) trom N. L. Packard. <br />In 1884 he Purcha.l5ed an additional parcel of land frolll E. &.nd R. Ander.on. The <br />property now extended fro. Lineoln to High Streets and from the 0 & C railroad <br />to the \ll1lAaette River. Th16 compr111ed neArly ono-ht11f the or~1nal land of <br />Eugene Skinner and .oct of the butte property. Theee segaente were later eu~. <br />divided. ene, eaUed Shelton'e addltlon to Eugene, liRe dedicated 1n M&.rch 1886 <br />and included the north-weet segment of property between Washington and LU1COln <br />Streets and between O~k and Third. Three years lAter in 1889, A second aeg~ <br />aent between Vaeh1ngton Md alol1:'&nCe I.lnd between Clark arid Chc15h1re Streets US" <br />eu'bUvid&d. ? <br />The yeU' 18€6 m:ought & bout another important event 1nvo 1 ving Dr. She! ton. <br />Along with Charlel'l taUtr and. Aseoelatsl'5 he WEllS 8T&.nted tho first water franchise <br />in D.1gene 4nd wilt the r'e$ervo1r, which still ex1ste, on the Mat side of <br />Skl.nner'l!J attte. C&.ppiflg the higheet point on the buth, the reeervoir II&rkftd <br />a eign of progre~s tor Eugene. 8 <br />~ May of 1887, theconfitruction proceee on the Shelton houee began. <br />Dr. Shelton had hired Rob McChee to level 200 sq. ft. .t the base of Sklnner'Q <br />a.tte tor the hOUl!le. Roney and A1Tru13 bega.n the four.datlon of oosalt rock 1n <br />random ashlar which WAs COMpleted in July when the framing work began. Work <br />pr~~ssed eteadily until a fire 171 the Fall of 186? Apparently e~t by a <br />di~untle-d ....orwn. the fire began shortly after lllidnight on November 26. and <br />the houee vae dst!ltl'oyed. d.own to the etone foundation. A train sta.nding north <br />of thfll _in depot bloek&d the Wllallette street entrance and lIlAde it impo15d blo <br />to have aeCeee to th. house in order to curtail the flames. In December of that <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />I <br />__I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />