The main campus of Lane Community College, located on 30th Avenue southeast of Eugene, was constructed on 105.81 acres of land donated in 1965 by Wilfred Gonyea, a Eugene industrialist. An additional donation of land that included the lagoons was received from Gonyea in 1966. The campus increased in size when Joe Romania and Lew Williams donated 127 acres to the college development fund in 1972.
The college also had a presence on the Oregon Coast. Mr. and Mrs. James Christensen donated land at Siltcoos Station, south of Florence, in 1972. The college leased the Heceta House, located on the property of the Heceta Lighthouse north of Florence, 1970-1982. The college received a donation of land in Florence for the LCC at Florence, originally named the Siuslaw Center, in 1972.
This collection of property records includes deeds, leases, donation records, and appraisals of land that were donated or transferred to the college. The property includes the Christensen Resort, the Downtown Center, East 30th campus, Fox Hollow Estates, Heceta Head, and LCC at Florence.
The collection is divided into one series of property records.
A. Property Records
There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for research.
There are no use restrictions.
Property Records, 1916-1996 (A-015) Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon
For records relating to college property and the construction of the
main campus, see:
This collection documents the construction of the main campus and its buildings during the initial period of construction, 1966-1968. The collection includes records relating to the design and layout of the college, site development and property acquisition, and the construction of the buildings.
Records were transferred from College Facilities to the college Archives in 1986 as accession 1986-020.
The records in this collection were separated from other contracts and agreements and arranged by Michael Ridderbush in 1994; this finding aid was created by Elizabeth Uhlig in 2009.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following section contains a description of the materials in the collection.
This series includes deeds, leases, donation records, and appraisals of land that were donated or transferred to the college. The property includes the Christensen Resort, the Downtown Center, East 30th campus, Fox Hollow Estates, Heceta Head, and LCC at Florence.
Collection is open to the public.