W.O.W. Hall

W.O.W. Hall
Address	291 W. 8th Ave.
Location	Eugene, Oregon
Owner	Community Center for the Performing Arts
Capacity	600
Opened	1932
Website
	www.wowhall.org
	Woodmen of the World Hall
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	96000618
Added to NRHP	June 3, 1996

The W.O.W. Hall, also stylized as WOW Hall, (AKA Community Center for the Performing Arts) is a performing arts venue in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

The hall was bought in 1906 by the

ballroom dancing.^[2]

In 1975, the hall was up for sale and was in danger of being demolished. Eventually, patrons of the hall organized to form the committee to Secure a Westside Community Center for the Performing Arts. They got a first option to purchase the hall when it went up for sale in December of that year. In 1983 the committee was able to buy the property and burned the lease in celebration.[2]

The W.O.W. Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[3]

On January 14, 2022, a mass shooting outside the venue hospitalized six people.^[4] As of January 18, no arrests have been made and police seek one suspect.^[5]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^
Oregon Daily Emerald
, pp. 2D, 16D
^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. January 5, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
^ Jacobs, Harrison (January 15, 2022). "6 people have been injured in a mass shooting in Oregon". NPR. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^ Smith, Grace (January 16, 2022). "Gunshot victim recalls horrific shooting outside the WOW Hall". KEZI. Retrieved January 17, 2022.

External links

The W.O.W. Hall (official website)
Media related to W.O.W. Hall at Wikimedia Commons

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[Emerald-2] 
Oregon Daily Emerald
, pp. 2D, 16D

[ORNRHP-3] "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. January 5, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2009.

[4] Jacobs, Harrison (January 15, 2022). "6 people have been injured in a mass shooting in Oregon". NPR. Retrieved January 16, 2022.

[5] Smith, Grace (January 16, 2022). "Gunshot victim recalls horrific shooting outside the WOW Hall". KEZI. Retrieved January 17, 2022.

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