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Tiffany building is registered in the united state's "national historic places". The Tiffany building was built in 1913. The Mcmorran and Washburn dept. store was changed to the Tiffany building in 2009. There is a clock on the Tiffany building with a figure of Atlas holding it.

The Tiffany Building is located at 795 Willamette Street in Eugene Oregon. It is approximately 55 feet in height. Two additional floors were added and in 1913 it renamed. Today there is a total of 4 floors. The architect McNaughten and Raymond. By Ms. DuBois Source: http://www.emporis.com/building/tiffanybuilding-eugene-or-usa

"George Mcmorran was a naturalized U.S. citizen, born in Canada in 1876. in Eugene he was a prominent businessman, one of the owners of the mcmorran and Washburne department Store, and was considered a leading citizen. The other owner was a Eugene native, Carl Washburne, who lived on the property neighboring the mcmorrans and was also highly active in the Eugene community."

"Within a year of opening, however, Mcmorran and Washburne became one of the most popular stores in Eugene, and its owners were obliged to relocate the store twice to progressively larger premises on Willamette Street to accommodate the growth of their business."

"In 1921 they bought the Tiffany Building (then known as the Cockerline and Weatherbee building), on the northeast corner of 8th Avenue and Willamette Street. This building is still intact and is listed in the national Register of Historic Places.

"The store continued to operate until 1939 when the department store was sold to J.C Penney. it had been the “longest operating and last remaining locally owned department store in Eugene.” //(McMorran// //and Washburne Department Store History and Evaluation).// The building underwent substantial alterations while under the ownership of J.C Penney including the addition of two floors. However, it is believed that many of the original features remain intact under the existing façade." By Ms. DuBois Source: http://oregondigital.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/archpnw&CISOPTR=18920&CISOBOX=1&REC=1

George H. McMorran and Carl G. Washburne had both started in the dry goods business early in life - at ages 11 and 13 respectively (Clark Volume II 1927:299; Tess 1989: 8:4). After six years of working together at S.H. Friendly’s dry goods store (795 Willamette Street), they formed their own business partnership in 1910 and purchased Oscar Campbell’s Crescent dry goods store (EG 2 September 1927: 3; Tess 1989:8:4). Though they were initially operating out of a single small room, advertising in the 1910 city directory lists McMorran & Washburne as “Popular Priced and High Grade Clothiers,” and in 1911 as “Eugene’s Principle Mail Order House” and “Eugene’s Best Store”(Polk’s 1910:153; Polk’s 1911:9, 183). As business increased, the need for additional space forced McMorran and Washburn to relocate twice, always staying on Willamette Street around the 8th Avenue intersection.

In 1921 they purchased the Cockerline & Weatherbee building (the Tiffany Building) at the northeast corner of 8th and Willamette, which they had been leasing since 1912. The firm of McMorran & Washburne was listed in Eugene business directories as a dry goods shop from 1910 until 1921 (the year they purchased the Cockerline & Wetherbee building), along with a number of other long-time local dry goods merchants such as F.E. Dunn, the Schaefers Brothers, and the Hamptons. Not until 1925 is their listing moved to the category of “Department Store” and in fact after this date no dry goods stores would be listed in the business directories.

As the company grew it was necessary to vacate this building and move the the southwest corner of broadway and willamette.

Touted by the company as “Eugene’s Own Store,” the new McMorran & Washburne Department Store opened on Saturday September 3, 1927 to an enthusiastic citizenry. The grand opening was advertised in a 10-page insert in the Eugene Daily Guard, and the building was praised as being “...one of the finest Department stores on the entire Pacific Coast” (EG 2 Sept 1927:1). Estimates suggest that upwards of 23,000 people attended (EG 3 Sept 1927:1). Once all merchandise had been transferred to the new building, the old McMorran & Washburne Building at 8th and Willamette was sold to and occupied by the Tiffany-Davis company.

By Ms. Dubois Source: http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_333113_0_0_18/May%2028,%202009.pdf

The former McMorran and Washburne Building, Located at 795 Willamette, Tax Lot 7, Block 8, in Skinner's Donation to the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon is a four-story, wood-framed masonry building executed in the "Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements" Commercial Style of architecture. The building was originally a two story structure built in 1902. In 1913 the building was enlarged to accommodate the McMorran and Washburne Dry Goods Store. Design of the building is credited to the Portland architectural firm of MacNaughton and Raymond. Today the McMorran and Washburne Building is one of the few early commercial structures which survived the urban renewal era in Eugene. The building has had major changes to its storefronts, and in 1980 suffered a fire and subsequent water damage which have caused the building to be in a state of condemnation. Current plans call for rehabilitation of the storefronts based upon historic photos and plans. The internal space will be converted to office and retail space. The building is currently designated a Eugene Historical Landmark.

After a serious fire the building was remodeled in 1913. The reconstruction included the expansion of the building to cover the entire length of the block, the addition of two stories, consolidation of separate commercial spaces into one major store, and the implementation of a more subdued Commercial Style than had existed on the original building.

A timeline of the building's occupants and exterior renovations is as follows:

The initial development of consequence on the corner property was a two-story brick building measuring 50 x 100 feet in ground plan. It was constructed for It was constructed for J. H. McClung in 1902 by local contractor Nels (Lord Nelson) Roney Builder of Lane County Covered Bridges and such distinguished landmarks as Villard Hall and the Shelton McMurphey House.

1913-27: McMorran and Washburne moved in. 1927: McMorran and Washburne department store moved out and Tiffany-Davis drugstore moved in and occupied only the front southwest corner of the street and mezzanine levels. The remainder of these levels was partitioned into other businesses, including an electrical company, a barber, postal telegraph, a lunch counter, a tavern and a card room. Ca. 1948: Main floor remodelled to provide more space for Tiffany-Davis. It was during this renovation that the mezzanine windows and street floor display windows were altered. 1969: "Tudor" facing was added to accommodate a restaurant

1975: Eugene Renewal Agency changes to correct UBC deficiencies included the removal of existing roofing material and application of fire retardant; the rebuilding of masonry parapets; the installation of new flashing and coping; the removal of an obsolete chimney; the soldering of seams in cornice; and the removal of sign anchorages. 1980s: Interior fire through the middle of the building causing the building to be in a state of condemnation.

Clark, Robert Carlton, History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Co., 1927), Vol. 2 pages 298-302. Morning Register, Anniversary Edition, 1904, page 10; March 15, 1913; April 1, 1913. Daily and Weekly Guard, 1909 Supplement, "Eugene: The Midway Metropolis of Western Oregon; 11 March 13, 17, 24, 1913; September 2, 1927. Edm(uSnedpst,e mHbaerr ol1d96 0L).,, p"aBgaen ks2 5.o f Lane County," —La—n—e —C—ou—n—ty— H—i—st—o—ri—a—n, Vol. 2 NelVsooln., 61L,e eN OH.., 2 "A(CJuennet ur19y6 0o)f, Opraeggeo n 1C34o.v ered Bridges," —Or—e—go—n— —Hi—s—to—r—i—ca—l— —Qu—a—rt—e—r—ly

By Donna DuBois http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/89000125.pdf