JBY
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Canadian businessman
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Male
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Birth:
1 January 1865
Death:
1 January 1928
The details
Biography
Jean Baptiste Yeon (also known as John B. Yeon) (1865–1928) was an Ontario-born timber magnate who was a prominent citizen of Portland, Oregon, United States.
Yeon was one of the principal financiers of the Columbia River Highway. The John B. Yeon State Scenic Corridor was named for him, as was Yeon Avenue, which carries U.S. Route 30 through the Northwest Industrial neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
He financed the construction of the 1911 Yeon Building in downtown Portland, and supervised the construction of the Vista House at Crown Point in 1918.
Yeon was the father of Portland architect and philanthropist John Yeon. Both are interred in the family vault at Portland Memorial Mausoleum.
The family name is pronounced "yawn", not "yee-on".