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Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
The
Yeon Building
is a historic 59.13 m (194.0 ft), 15-
story
office building completed in 1911 in
downtown
Portland, Oregon
. Almost completely clad in
glazed terra-cotta
, and culminating in a
colonnade
on the top floors, the Yeon Building once was illuminated at night by light sockets built into the cornices, but later removed. The building's namesake is
Jean Baptiste Yeon
(1865?1928), a self-made
timber tycoon
who financed the construction. At the time of completion, the Yeon Building was the tallest building in Oregon and it remained so for nearly two years.
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In 1994, the Yeon Building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
.
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The building was repossessed by First Independent Bank in 2010 from Fountain Village Development and re-sold in March 2011 for $8.9 million.
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The 126,170-square-foot (11,722 m
2
) was purchased at that time by RGOF Yeon Building LLC.
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See also
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References
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Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010),
Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon
(XLS)
, retrieved
November 13,
2013
.
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a
b
"Oregon National Register List"
(PDF)
. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 42. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on April 25, 2018
. Retrieved
August 7,
2023
.
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"Emporis building ID 122668"
.
Emporis
. Archived from
the original
on March 3, 2016.
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"Yeon Building"
.
SkyscraperPage
.
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King, Bart (2001).
An Architectural Guidebook to Portland
. Corvallis: Gibbs Smith. p. 20.
OCLC
628034633
.
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"National Register Information System"
.
National Register of Historic Places
. National Park Service. January 23, 2007
. Retrieved
October 18,
2010
.
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a
b
Culverwell, Wendy (March 18, 2011).
"Downtown Portland's Yeon Building sells"
.
Portland Business Journal
. Retrieved
August 24,
2011
.
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