Historic Eugene Voices and Places, Lane County, Eugene, Oregon, USA

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County Clerk Building   County Clerk Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Date Built: 1853

First Clerk Office, Lane County Historical Museum
First Clerk Office, Lane County Historical Museum
Lane County Clerk Building
Lane County Clerk Building

The First jury trial ever held in Lane County was held there in October of 1853, Judge Matthew P. Deady presiding, and Eugene Skinner as Clerk. The little building soon proved to be too small to accommodate the public's business: At a number of these early day trials, the jury was seated out under the large oak tree adjeacent to the building. It was quickly replaced by a more suitable county court house in 1855. It was almost lost, then moved to the museum location and renovated by the Lane County Historical Society.