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Aubrey R. Watzek House

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The Aubrey R. Watzek House stands at 1061 SW Skyline Boulevard in the Sylvan-Highlands neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, designed by the architect John Yeon and built between 1936 and 1937. Its single-story, U-shaped plan wraps around a central courtyard with a garden and a pool, and its deceptively modest entrance opens onto rooms arranged to frame views of Mount Hood and the surrounding landscape; the house is considered an early and influential example of Modern and Northwest Regional architecture and was included in an architecture exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art soon after it was built. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011, and the University of Oregon now operates it as part of the John Yeon Center for Architecture, hosting tours, meetings and events. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Portland, United States 2
Completed Year
1936 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Aubrey R. Watzek House (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Aubrey R. Watzek House (Wikipedia)
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1. Aubrey R. Watzek House (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_R._Watzek_House, lead definition
    The Aubrey R. Watzek House is a historic house at 1061 SW Skyline Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, United States.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Aubrey R. Watzek House stands at 1061 SW Skyline Boulevard in the Sylvan-Highlands neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, designed by the architect John Yeon and built between 1936 and 1937. Its single-story, U-shaped plan wraps around a central courtyard with a garden and a pool, and its deceptively modest entrance opens onto rooms arranged to frame views of Mount Hood and the surrounding landscape; the house is considered an early and influential example of Modern and Northwest Regional architecture and was included in an architecture exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art soon after it was built. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011, and the University of Oregon now operates it as part of the John Yeon Center for Architecture, hosting tours, meetings and events.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1936)
    completion_date/completed = 1936
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    The Aubrey R. Watzek House is a historic house at 1061 SW Skyline Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, United States. Built in 1936-1937 for lumber magnate Aubrey R. Watzek, it was considered a major regional statement of Modern architecture not long after its completion. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 25, 2011. It is now part of the University of Oregon's John Yeon Center for
  • In Style: Modernist Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Modern, Northwest Regional
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia article
    The house is a single-story gable-roofed wood-frame structure, with a U-shaped configuration around a central courtyard.
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2. Aubrey R. Watzek House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 374455): Portland, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 374455): Portland, United States
Wikidata item Q4819179, property P131/P17 (location): Portland, United States
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