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NFS Form 10-900-A OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section Number: 8 Page: 14 Geneva-Minnesota Historic District, Medford, OR SUMMARY: Eighty years after its initial development, the Geneva-Minnesota District represents an intact, architecturally significant, collective of dwellings that accurately reflects not only the various residential styles utilized in Medford during this century's first two decades, but serves as a prime example of the many "East Side" residential areas developed during Medford's Orchard Boom. The District gains further significance via its surviving site improvements and design features, particularly the unique instance of the Hassam scored paving of the Geneva roadbed and the concrete retaining walls that visually unify the district and differentiate and define the area. The structures of the Geneva-Minnesota District were primarily developed in two phases beginning in 1911 and completed in 1924. Built by common developers, many by the same contractor from similar plans, the one- and two-story dwellings of Geneva Street create a uniform and homogeneous streetscape that was used by Medford's boosters to promote the city's livability and beauty during this period. The second development phase, dominated by six structures designed by Frank Clark, one of southern Oregon's most influential architects, represent a significant ensemble of dark's work and illustrate the versatility of the historic period styles as executed by a single designer. The resources of the Geneva-Minnesota District exhibit integrity in workmanship, use of materials, and design that accurately convey the associations that make the area significant in the southern Oregon context. As a whole, the Geneva-Minnesota District represents an architecturally significant enclave of residential dwellings that collectively represent one of the best identified ensembles of bungalow, Craftsman and Period Revival architecture in the southern Oregon region. The area retains substantial integrity to its original development periods in materials, setting, and site development and is nominated under Criterion "C" for its exceptional architectural merit within the City of Medford..
NPS Form 10-900-A OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section Number: 9 Page: _1_ Geneva-Minnesota Historic District, Medford, OR BIBLIOGRAPHY: Atwood, Kay. Blossoms and Branches: A Gathering of Rogue Valley Orchard Memories. Ashland: Kay Atwood, 1980. Atwood, Kay and Evans, Gail. Frank Chamberlain Clark Inventory. Medford: Southern Oregon Historical Society, 1982. Capitol's Who's Who in Oregon. Portland: Capitol Publishing Company, 1936, 1942-44, 1948-49 and 1954. Clark, Rosalind. Architecture Oregon Style. Portland: Professional Book Center, 1983. Gottfried and Jennings. American Vernacular Design: 1870-1940. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988. Jackson County Deed Records, Miscellaneous Records, Certificates of Title, Tax Records and Road Books. Medford Mail Tribune, misc. issues, 1909-Present The Medford Sun, misc. issues, 1909-1914. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, misc. directories, 1915-1930 Polk Medford City Directories; 1911-. U.S. Census Records 1900, 1910. Walling, A(lbert) G. History of Southern Oregon. Portland: A.G. Walling, 1884. Numerous interviews and telephone conversations with former property owners, children of property owners, and many others who have personal recollections of the Geneva-Minnesota area during the years prior to World War II provided valuable information toward the preparation of the this document.
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