Yeon Building

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Yeon Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Yeon Building.
Location:	Portland, Oregon
Coordinates:	45°31′10″N 122°40′36″W / 45.51944, -122.67667Coordinates: 45°31′10″N 122°40′36″W / 45.51944, -122.67667
Built/Founded:	1883
Architect:	Reid & Reid, Thompson-Starrett
Architectural style(s):	Early Commercial/skyscraper
Added to NRHP:	January 21, 1994
NRHP Reference#:	93001497 ^[1]
Governing body:	Private

Completed in 1911, the Yeon Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon. Since 1994, it has been on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

It is almost completely clad in glazed terra-cotta, culminating in a colonnade on the top floors. The Yeon Building once was illuminated at night by light sockets built into the cornices, however these have been removed. The building's namesake is Jean Baptiste Yeon (1865-1928), a self-made timber tycoon who financed the construction. At the time of construction, the Yeon Building was the tallest building in Oregon.^[3]

The building stands at 194 feet (59 Meters) and contains 15 above-ground floors.^[4]

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^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ National Register of Historic Places: Multnomah County, Oregon, pg. 11. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
^ King, Bart: An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, pg. 20. Gibbs Smith, 2001
^ Emporis: Yeon Building. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.

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