Quackenbush Hardware Store

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| name = Quackenbush Hardware Store

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| image = Quackenbush Building (Eugene, Oregon).jpg

| caption = The Quackenbush Building in 2011

| location = 160 East Broadway
Eugene, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|44.049824|-123.090153|region:US-OR_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| built = 1903

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| architecture = American commercial

| added = September 23, 1982

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| refnum = 82003734

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The Quackenbush Hardware Store, located in Eugene, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|page=21|format=PDF|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=July 17, 2011}} The store opened in 1903 under the name J. W. Quackenbush's, selling farm implements, hardware, and horse-drawn vehicles. Gradually the inventory shifted to kitchen items and dinnerware, toys, and gift items.{{cite web

| title = NRHP Nomination Form: Quackenbush Hardware Store

| publisher = National Park Service

| url = {{NRHP url|82003734}}

| access-date = November 19, 2013

}} The store closed in 1980.{{cite news

| last = Tims

| first = Marvin

| title = Quackenbush's quitting business

| newspaper = Eugene Register-Guard

| location = Eugene, Oregon

| pages = 1A

| publisher = Guard Publishing

| date = December 17, 1980

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19801217&id=alhYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3315,5383801

| access-date = November 19, 2013}}

The 1.5-story building is of red brick construction in an American stretcher bond, commercial style characterized by large display windows on the ground floor. The architect and builder are unknown. In 1969 the building was saved from urban renewal demolition by a group of concerned citizens.

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