Where did the name Dads Gates Station come from?
From the UO website: The ornamental Dads Gates were placed at the intersection of East 11th Avenue and Franklin Blvd and dedicated in January 1941. The UO Dad’s Club was the sponsor and underwriter of the project. The Dad’s Club was a patron-parent organization established in 1927. The concept for the gates began in 1938 and was supported with funding from the Dad’s Club, with additional support from a Public Works Administration (PWA) program. Designed collaboratively, Ellis F. Lawrence and architect students supplied the concept and working drawings, and metal smith O. B. Dawson crafted the final work. Orion Benjamin Dawson was a master blacksmith who produced numerous iron works as an employee with the Depression-era Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Dawson’s work in Oregon can be seen at the University of Oregon’s Knight Library and Howe Field, Oregon State University, and Timberline Lodge. Efforts are now underway to add the gates to the National Register.
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