Hansen Chevrolet - Roseburg Downtown Historic District - Roseburg, OR
N 43° 12.572 W 123° 20.768
10T E 471883 N 4784141
This contributing building is part of the Roseburg Downtown Historic District.
Waymark Code: WMQR9R
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2016
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The
NRHP Nomination Form contains the following verbiage to describe this contributing building's significance:
The large one-story concrete block building occupying approximately the northern two-thirds of Block 36 features a flat roof, metal frame display windows and also metal frame multi-light industrial windows. There is a diagonal entrance on the corner of SE Stephens and SE Oak. There are service doors on west, north, and east elevations. The building also incorporates an older structure on SE Stephens Street; this building is constructed of off-white brick, probably hi the 1920s and was at one tune operating as a furniture store.
The Hansen Motor Company has been in business in Roseburg since the advent of the automobile. In 1927 Hans Hansen operated his Chevrolet Agency on North Rose Street.
This building is Inventory #117 on page 59 of the NRHP Nomination Form and was erected in 1960. Today, this building remains empty and available for lease.