1900
1790 Alder St (now the Janet Smith) built as one family dwelling
1925
1670 Alder St. (now the Campbell Club) built for Delta Zeta Sorority House
1928
1648 Alder St. (now the Lorax Manner) built Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
1934
A group of men from the Northwest Christian College begin living
'cooperatively' in a three bedroom apartment as an experiment to see how
well they could live as cheaply as possible.
Howard Ohmart, an SCA Alumni stayed with this group for a term.
1935
- Members from the Wesley Club began studying the Rochdale Weavers and
the Swedish cooperative movement curious about starting a student
cooperative in Eugene.
- Summer:
Howard Ohmart, Charles Paddock and Briton Ash, begin organizing and
recruiting to live cooperatively by fall term of that year.
- September 23 Howard Ohmart receives permission from the University housing committee to start a cooperative house.
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18 men join together to form Wallace J. Campbell Cooperative House at
13th and Hilyard. The namesake was a member of the Wesley Club while he
attended U O and was an activist for the cooperative movement.
1936
- Campbell Club moves to 1335 Kincaid Street and opens a second house at 13th and Alder
- Fall term: the first women's cooperative opens with the help of Janet Smith
1944
Campbell Club moves to 1335(?) Alder, previously Phi Sigma Kappa
1945
Janet Smith, UO employment secretary and adviser to the women's cooperatives, dies at age 54
1962
Campbell Club moves to 1670 Alder Street
1963
November 24: a bomb explodes on the south side of the Campbell Club shattering windows (O.D.E.)
1972
- Summer: Women accepted as members on a trial basis
- A motion to ban Playboy magazine from the co-op fails.
1980
April 20: Co-op Alumni Reunion
1981
- 1790 Alder St (Janet Smith) purchased by the SCA for $175,000
- Janet Smith Co-op Opens
- October 10: 2nd annual Co-op Alumni Reunion to celebrate the opening of Janet Smith Cooperative
1983
December: Lise Rein, SCA business manager, gives notice of resignation and continues to work until Feb. 28
1984
January: SCA hires Elbert Steele as SCA business manager and Michael Archer as organization manager
1988
- Summer: Campbell Club undergoes major renovations including:
refinishing the hardwood floors, painting halls and installing 1st floor
bathroom. Janet Smith kitchen completely renovated.
- SCA begins using consensus for decision making
1989
- Co-opers help to organize parking structure petition slated to be built across the street from the Campbell Club
1990
- Fall Term: Lorax Manner Cooperative Opens
- Co-oeprs participate in student protests of CIA presence on campus.
1991
- Co-op members participate in local anti-Persian Gulf war protest
- Co-ops are the subject of Daily Emerald feature article titled "Co-ops Provide Shelter from the Commonplace"
- November: co-op alumni reunion
1994
- February: Co-op members fight to have the Amazon Family Housing Complex turned into a cooperative
- Policy changes to
allow members to attend any institution of higher education (not solely UO) in Lane County
1997
Winter term: Janet Smith leased to an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center called Passages for 3 1/2 years.
1998
Melanie Sicotte is hired as business manager
2000
Fall term: Janet Smith house reopens
2005
Janet
Smith House closes winter term due to low membership, but reopens fall term as
graduate student house
2015
Melanie Sicotte moves on to work for Oregon Fishing and Wildlife. SCA is grateful for their many years of dedication to the coops!