EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Lane Community College is getting ready to officially open the doors to its new longhouse on its campus in Eugene.
The $1.6 million building has taken more than four years to build, but officials say it is only the second Native American longhouse to open at a community college nationally.
The Register-Guard reports the 6,200-square-foot building has fir and cedar log beams, hand-hewn cedar planking and plenty of skylights.
The building’s centerpiece is its great room, a large open space framed by rough-hewn logs. Off that is the Hall of Honor, a small rotunda with a display case for each of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon.
