John Yeon designed Watzek House
This months issue of Portland Monthly magazine features the 10 greatest homes in Portland (per a panel of judges). One of them being the Watzek House that was designed by John Yeon. Portland Monthly and the University of Oregon are hosting a first time ever public tour of the home next month.
John Yeon’s Watzek House is one of the most famous Northwest Regional Style home designs in the country. Designed in 1936 for Aubrey Watzek (local lumber baron), the Watzek House has been featured at MOMA twice and is to be an official National Historic Landmark this year. Yeon took possession of the home in the 70’s and it was later donated to the University of Oregon after Yeon’s death in 1994.
Tour details:
When – Saturday April 30th 2011 and Sunday May 1st, 2011 – there area specific time slots to book, 12 people per tour for a 90 minute tour
Where – Buy a ticket and you will get the location
Cost – Tickets are $60 per person for the standard tour option. There is an exclusive tour Saturday April 4th at 4pm with Richard Brown (an associate of Yeon) who lived in the Watzek House for more than 30 years, tickets for that tour are $150 per person. The tour is a benefit for the John Yeon Center fir Architectural Studies a the University of Oregon.
Purchase tickets and pick your tour time at the Portland Monthly site.
