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Yeon Building

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Type
  
Commercial offices

Roof
  
59.13 m (194.0 ft)

Height
  
59 m

Floors
  
15

Completed
  
1911

Floor count
  
15

Opened
  
1911

Phone
  
+1 503-241-3345

Yeon Building

Location
  
522 SW 5th AvenuePortland, Oregon

Management
  
Urban Renaissance Group

Address
  
522 SW 5th Ave #1105, Portland, OR 97204, USA

Similar
  
Wells Fargo Building, Aubrey R Watzek House, American Bank Building, Union Bank Tower, Hamilton Building

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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. 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.

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