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August 18, 2015

Cellphone app gives history lesson on Oregon buildings

  • Standing at a building's curb, a user can get information about that building through geocodes.
    • By DIANE DIETZ
    The Register-Guard

    EUGENE, Ore. — If you are curious about a historic building anywhere in Oregon, step up to its curb, whip out your cellphone (or tablet), click on buildingoregon.org, and you may find historic photos, dates, architects' names and details about architectural style.

    The mobile-friendly, map-based website is one more way that history is coming alive in the burgeoning digital landscape.


     
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