Gordon’s Fireplace Building, the graffiti-covered ruin perched above Interstate 84 at 33rd Avenue, is set to be sold at a three-day auction starting Oct. 14, according to an offering document from SVN Imbrie Realty and Ten-X.

The building was set to go to action in January, but Robert Boyce, the Seattle-based investor who financed the property before its foreclosure , fought the auction in Multnomah County Circuit Court, arguing that the property should be listed by a commercial broker for nine months to seek a higher price.

Erected in 1918, the building first served as the OK Jeffery Aircraft Factory, producing parts for airplanes during World War I, which ended a year later. In 1990, Gordon’s Fireplace Shop moved in.

Aircraft Factory LLC, backed by Boyce’s Interurban Development,

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