Built in 1936–1937 for a lumber magnate, it was considered a major regional statement of Modern architecture not long after its completion.

[4] It is now part of the University of Oregon's John Yeon Center for Architecture, and is used as a special event facility.

The entry opens to the courtyard, which is a garden space with a small pool, and then into a narrow hall from which the rest of the house is gradually revealed.

[5] Aubrey Watzek was a lumber magnate, who commissioned John Yeon, then a young architect, to design a house for himself and his mother.

[7] The house received immediate notice after its construction, and was included in an architectural exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art.