Yeon Building

Yeon Building
250px Yeon Building in 2012
Location in Portland
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	522 SW 5th Avenue Portland, Oregon
Coordinates
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
Main contractor	Thompson Starrett, WS Dinwiddie
Yeon Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Portland Historic Landmark
Built by	Thompson-Starrett
Architectural style	Chicago school, modernist
NRHP Reference #	93001497
Added to NRHP	January 21, 1994
References

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.

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

See also

• Architecture of Portland, Oregon
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon

External links

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