I <br />River Road- Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan = Environmental Design Element <br />4.6 Historic Structures ' <br />Inventory structures, landmarks,sites, and areas of cultural, historic, or archaeological <br />significance. (Policy 1, Page 4.6) " <br />Consisterit with this policy, on April 14, 2005, the Brunner-Schmitz House was identified as a <br />potential significant historic resource and recorded as part of the River Road Cultural Resource <br />Inventory. This was included on a Historic Resource Survey Form in the Oregon Inventory of <br />Historic Properties for the River Road area which was funded by the Oregon State Historic <br />Preservation Office in collaboration with the City of Eugene. <br />1 <br />Encourage the preservation and restoration of structures, landmarks, sites, and areas of <br />cultural, historic, or archaeological significance: (Policy 2, page 4-6 <br />Listing the Brunner-Schmitz House as a City of Eugene Historic Landmark is consistent with this <br />policy as it ensures that the historic resource will be preserved into the future through the <br />historic review process, and the support. and enthusiasm of the property owner. The owner - <br />recognizes the significance of the Brunner-Schmitz House and intends to take actions to <br />continue the preservation and restoration of the building and grounds with oversight by the <br />City of Eugene. <br />City of Eugene Historic Landmark Criteria <br />EC 9.8165(2): Designation is based on a determination of historic significance according to <br />one or more of the following: <br />a) Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad <br />patterns of history. <br />The land associated with the Brunner-Schmitz House was once part of the Benjamin and <br />Catharine Davis Donation Land Claim (DLC) of 1851. The 1857 DLC Survey Map indicates that <br />the primary landowners in the River Rpad area were members of the Davis•family, with Joseph <br />and Benjamin Davis each holding slightly over 640 acres and L.E. Davis holding another claim of <br />slightly over 300 acres. Subsequent parceling of the Benjamin and Catharine Davis DLC land <br />deeded the northeast quadrant of their claim to their son, Lycurgus Davis, which is where the <br />Brunner-Schmitz house and acreage is located. <br />In the early 1900s, small-scale farming was promoted by boosters-like the southern Pacific <br />Railroad and the Eugene Commercial Club. Their promotions glorified the virtues of the small <br />family farm ranging in size from four to twenty acres along with instructions for maximizing <br />profits from nut; fruit and row crops. The annual value of fruit production in the Northwesf <br />HRB Agenda . Page 5 <br />394