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Photograph of Inlow Hall
Photograph by Ian Poellet ( User:Werewombat ), CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Administration Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Inlow Hall, the administration building at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon, United States, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Administration Building in 1980.”

Wikipedia article Inlow Hall (Eastern Oregon University), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Union County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 8th Street and K Avenue, La Grande, 97850
  • When was it listed? February 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. La Grande
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80003384 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Administration Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural13
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROBS HILL
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictPEACH CREEK I
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaGrande DistrictPREDATOR
2 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaGrande DistrictGLASS HILL
10 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILL CREEK
1 September 1995Smokingunder an acreLaGrande DistrictHUNTER
31 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreLaGrande DistrictDEALS CANYON
30 August 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLaGrande DistrictATV II

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Administration Building: 11 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
La GrandePGEOccurrence
La Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, PlatinumOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Grande PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Dry BeaverStonePast Producer
Dry Beaver PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this property

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Grande, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLa Grande1 hurt, $300,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grande$30,000Strong winds associated with a thunderstorm knocked a ponderosa pine tree onto a four-year-old manufactured home. Two large tree limbs punched through a bedroom ceiling next to a bed, the bathroom, and a back TV room. The property damage from this event is estimated at $30,000.
August 2001LightningLa Grande$20,000Lightning struck a house in La Grande, completely blowing out all the electrical and telephone outlets.
July 2004Flash FloodLa Grande$5,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Grande$2,000A thunderstorm moved northeast through LaGrande toppling trees, snapping limbs, and downing power lines. Hail and heavy rainfall with the storm dropped visibility to near zero, causing minor street flooding and a bicycle-vehicle accident which injured bicycle rider. A baseball game in the Babe Ruth State Tournament was stopped for two hours.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindLa Grande$1,000A thunderstorm produced pea sized hail, blew down trees, and knocked out power to residents.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLa Grande$50Two inch diameter tree limbs downed.
August 2022HailLa Grande-A social media report from Facebook report from La Grande, OR indicated that hailstones larger than a quarter and up to the size of 1.5 inches had fallen around 2:50pm on the 11th. Further upstream, a trained spotter 1 mile southeast of Imbler, OR reported hailstones up to 1.25 inches. A measured wind gust to 60 mph occurred at the La Grande Airport.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLa Grande-Four inch and larger diameter tree branches down at the baseball field in La Grande due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012HailLa Grande-Dime to golfball sized hail reported.
June 2011Heavy RainLa Grande-Rainfall of 1.61 inches fell in 1.5 hours.
June 2010HailLa Grande-Hail accompanied by 40-50 mph winds. Spotter also observed a wall cloud about 5 miles south of LaGrande.
August 2006LightningLa Grande-A power pole was struck and 120 residents lost power for 35 minutes.
May 2004Heavy RainLa Grande-A portion of Morgan Lake Road washed out as excess run-off caused the shoulder to drop away, bending the guard rail out from the road. The property damage from this event is estimated at $5,000.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grande-Numerous trees were reported down north and west of La Grande.
July 2002HailLa Grande-In addition to the hail, strong wind gusts caused numerous minor power outages in the Grande Ronde Valley according to Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative.
September 1998LightningLa Grande-Lightning truck a tree in the Hillcrest Cemetery. The bolt cut all the bark off one side of the tree in an eight inch strip from the top of the tree to the ground. The strip of bark and wood landed on the ground at a right angle. Some pieces of bark and wood came to rest 100 feet away.
May 1998HailLa Grande-Hail up to 1 1/4 inches fell in the La Grande area. Up to 0.52 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. Hail was still on the ground two hours later along a seven mile stretch of I-84 west of La Grande.
June 1998Flash FloodLa Grande-A sudden downpour caused flooding in southeast La Grande. Two creeks overflowed their banks closing several streets for nearly three hours. At least two houses had flood damage. Sand bags were used to try to keep water away from houses.
July 1998Heavy RainLa Grande-Up to 1.50 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. 0.25 inches of rain fell in only two minutes. Wind gusts to 50 mph were also reported. The result was a flooded underpass and several inches of water flowing along La Grande streets. Eight hundred to a thousand residents had power outages for several hours. The storm nearly wiped out crops in a 1 1/2 to 2 mile wide by 6 to 7 mile long strip between Island City and Cove.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLa Grande-A tree limb blown into a power substation tripped a braker leaving 1,950 customers without power for just over an hour.
June 2019HailLa Grande-no account filed
May 2015HailLa Grande-no account filed
May 2015HailLa Grande-no account filed
May 2015Funnel CloudLa Grande-no account filed
July 2012Funnel CloudLa Grande-no account filed
July 2012HailLa Grande-no account filed
May 2006HailLa Grande-no account filed
May 2006HailLa Grande-no account filed
September 2004LightningLa Grande-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLa Grande-no account filed
July 2004Funnel CloudLa Grande-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
La Grande Neighborhood Club0.3 miles1988
Anthony-Buckley House0.4 miles1985
John Anthony House0.4 miles1988
Roesch Building0.4 miles1996
Slater Building0.4 miles1983
La Grande Commercial Historic District0.5 miles2001

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80003384 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Union CountyAll 21 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.