Jacob C. Spores House

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| name = Jacob C. Spores House

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| location = 90311 Coburg Rd, Eugene, Oregon

| nearest_city = Coburg, Oregon

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| locmapin = Oregon#USA

| built = 1854

| architecture = Greek revival

| added = November 2, 1977

| delisted = August 1, 2001

| area = {{convert|5|acre}}

| refnum = 77001107{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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File:Jacob and Nancy Spores.jpg

The Jacob C. Spores House was a house located between south of Coburg and north of Eugene, Oregon,{{cite book |title= Style & Vernacular: A Guide to the Architecture of Lane County, Oregon |publisher= Western Imprints, The Press of the Oregon Historical Society |year= 1983 |page= 111 |isbn= 0-87595-085-X}} which was formerly listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was removed from the register on August 1, 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20010810.htm |title=National Register of Historic Places Listings August 3, 2001 |access-date=April 20, 2013}} The classical revival house underwent an "exceptional" restoration in 1975, but a September 1996 fire "destroyed most, if not all, of the historical value of the house".{{cite web |url=https://www.coburgoregon.org/sites/default/files/fileattachments/planning/page/441/coburg_i5_iamp.pdf |title=Coburg/Interstate 5 Interchange Area Management Plan |publisher=Oregon Department of Transportation |date=January 2010 |access-date= 2021-11-01}} By 1998, the owners were again restoring the house, but according to the Oregon State Historic Preservation office, as of 2013, the house has been demolished.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19980623&id=WExWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7esDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2055,6140761 |title= Expansion Runs Into Roadblocks |date=June 23, 1998 |work= Register-Guard |access-date=April 20, 2013}}{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=58446 |title= Spores, Jacob C, House |publisher= Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation |access-date= April 20, 2013}}

Jacob Spores was an early settler of the Coburg area, who started the first ferry across the McKenzie River at the site.{{cite web |url= http://www.coburgoregon.org/?q=highlights |title= Historic Highlights |publisher= City of Coburg |access-date= April 20, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130903114723/http://coburgoregon.org/?q=highlights |archive-date= September 3, 2013 |url-status= dead }} The house was thought to be the oldest in Lane County.