New Digital Collection: John Yeon Drawings

Special Collections and University Archives and Oregon Digital have recently published the John Yeon architectural drawing digital collection featuring the work of Oregon architect John Yeon (1910-1994).

Residential house plan.
Series LIX: Watzek House, Portland, OR, 1937, Coll 333, University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, OR.

Yeon was an Oregon architect, landscape architect, and conservationist best known for his role in developing the Northwest regional architectural style. The collection consists of architectural drawings for projects, both built and unrealized, including plans, sections, elevations, details, tracings, and blueprints.

Drawing of residential house facade.
Series LXI: Mrs. John B. Yeon house, King Heights, Portland, OR, 1934, Coll 333, University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, OR.

The digital collection includes prominent works by Yeon arranged by project into series, including drawings and plans for the Watzek House (Portland, OR, 1965), Cottrell Residence (Portland, OR, 1949), Visitors Information Center for Portland Chamber of Commerce (Portland, OR, 1948), and Frank G. Crowell Wing, Nelson-Atkins Museum (Kansas City, 1974).

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