Yeon Building

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Yeon Building
Yeon Building in 2012
Location in Portland
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	522 SW 5th Avenue Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°31′10″N 122°40′36″W / 45.519570°N 122.676769°W / 45.519570; -122.676769Coordinates: 45°31′10″N 122°40′36″W / 45.519570°N 122.676769°W / 45.519570; -122.676769
Completed	1911
Management	Urban Renaissance Group
Height
Roof	59.13 m (194.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	15
Floor area	9,569 m² (103,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	2
Design and construction
Architect	Reid & Reid

Yeon Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Portland Historic Landmark^[1]
Built by	Thompson-Starrett
Architectural style	Chicago school, modernist
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	93001497
Added to NRHP	January 21, 1994^[2]
References
^[3]^[4]

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.^[2]^[5]

In 1994, the Yeon Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[6] The building was repossessed by First Independent Bank in 2010 from Fountain Village Development and re-sold in March 2011 for $8.9 million.^[7] The 126,170-square-foot (11,722 m²) was purchased at that time by RGOF Yeon Building LLC.^[7]

References

↑ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013 .
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 42. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
↑ Yeon Building at Emporis
↑ Yeon Building at SkyscraperPage
↑ King, Bart (2001). An Architectural Guidebook to Portland. Corvallis: Gibbs Smith. p. 20. OCLC 628034633.
↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
↑ 7.0 7.1 Culverwell, Wendy (March 18, 2011). "Downtown Portland's Yeon Building sells". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

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v t e Timeline of the tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon

Wells Fargo Building (56 m) (1907) Yeon Building (59 m) (1911) American Bank Building (63 m) (1913) Public Service Building (67 m) (1927) Hilton Portland Hotel (73 m) (1963) Harrison West Condominium Tower (78 m) (1965) Union Bank of California Tower (82 m) (1969) Standard Insurance Center (112 m) (1970) Wells Fargo Center (166 m) (1972)

v t e Notable architecture in Portland, Oregon

Topics	Architecture in Portland Buildings and structures in Portland Skyscrapers in Portland

Architects and firms	Pietro Belluschi Boora Architects Brad Cloepfil A. E. Doyle Doyle & Patterson Ellis F. Lawrence Francis Marion Stokes Whidden & Lewis John Yeon ZGF Architects

Tallest buildings	Wells Fargo Center U.S. Bancorp Tower KOIN Center PacWest Center Fox Tower Standard Insurance Center The Ardea John Ross Tower Congress Center Hatfield U.S. Courthouse ODS Tower 1000 Broadway One Main Place Green-Wyatt Federal Building Union Bank of California Tower Umpqua Bank Plaza Lloyd Center Tower

Other modern buildings	Commonwealth (Equitable) Building First & Main Ladd Tower Portland Plaza Standard Plaza World Trade Center

Historic buildings	Public Service Building Wells Fargo Building Terminal Sales Building Dekum Building Meier & Frank Building Yeon Building Pacific Building Spalding Building Pittock Block Hamilton Building Flatiron Building Charles F. Berg Building Bank of California Building Bishop's House Ambassador Apartments The Commodore Francis Marion Stokes Fourplex Pittock Mansion Ladd Carriage House Telegram Building Weinhard Brewery Complex Solomon U.S. Courthouse

Government buildings	City Hall Portland Building Pioneer Courthouse Multnomah County Courthouse 511 Federal Building Central Library St. Johns Post Office

Hotels	Arminius Hotel Benson Hotel Governor Hotel Hilton Hotel Alder Imperial Hotel New Heathman Hotel Sovereign Hotel

Transportation	Union Station Portland International Airport Portland Aerial Tram Washington Park MAX station

Museums and entertainment venues	Moda Center Memorial Coliseum Providence Park Portland Art Museum Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Antoinette Hatfield Hall Oregon Convention Center Hollywood Theatre Bagdad Theatre Keller Auditorium Crystal Ballroom List of sports venues

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