Parish Place

Named in 1922 for landowners John Wesley Parish (1868-1962) and Alice A. Parish (née Fry, 1871-1976; she died at the ripe old age of 104). Nebraska natives both, the Parishes married in Los Angeles in 1893. After a few years living here and there, they were in Burbank by 1913, where John, a carpenter-turned-contractor, oversaw construction of several notable buildings, including the home of retired boxing champ James Jeffries. Throughout the 1920s, the childless Parishes shuttled back and forth between Burbank and Eugene, OR, where Alice’s parents lived. They settled in Eugene for good by 1935.