John Yeon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American architect in Portland, Oregon
Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1910
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States
Date of Death: 13-Mar-1994
Profession: architect
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About John Yeon
- John Yeon (October 29, 1910 – March 13, 1994) was an American architect in Portland, Oregon, in the mid-twentieth century.
- He is regarded as one of the early practitioners of the Northwest Regional style of Modernism.
- Largely self-taught, Yeon’s wide ranging activities encompassed planning, conservation, historic preservation, art collecting, and urban activism.
- He was a connoisseur of objets d’art as well as landscapes, and one of Oregon’s most gifted architectural designers, even while his output was limited.The family name is pronounced "yawn", not "yee-on".
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