The University of Oregon’s John Yeon Center is offering a couple of unique tours in coming up this fall that you won’t want to miss. First, the center is offering a rare and exclusive tour of The Shire, a carefully designed 75-acre landscape with a sculpted lawn, a series of meadows, wetlands, vista points, river bays, and walking paths which John Yeon created over a 30 year period of time. He purchased the property in 1965 to protect it from possible industrial development.
This 3 hour tour will begin at 2pm on Saturday, October 1st. The Shire is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge directly across from Multnomah Falls.
Tour space is very limited so make your reservations soon by contacting:
Hannah at: yeongrf@uoregon.edu (541)346.2072 or Karen at:karenjj@uoregon.edu (541)346.3603
Watzek House Tours
Saturday, October 2nd, there will be three 90 minute guided tours of the Watzek House. This rare tour will focus on the seminal role of this house in shaping the Northwest Regional Modernist style as well as features and themes unique to John Yeon’s designs.
Tours are $60/person and are limited to 12 people each, so make reservations soon by contacting:
Hannah at: yeongrf@uoregon.edu (541)346.2072 or Karen at:karenjj@uoregon.edu (541)346.3603
Info from the UofO website
