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On the Oregon Coast
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Nye Beach, historically, is one of the finest vacation spots on the Oregon Coast. For over 100 years, people from Portland and the Willamette Valley have been coming to this favorite place to seek solace in and alongside the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
In times past, cottages were built where women and children would spend their summers while the men of the families would join them for the weekend excursions at the beautiful expansive Nye Creek. In 1891, a boardwalk was built connecting the areas of Nye Creek and the Newport Bayfront. This boardwalk was replaced by a road two years later.
Nye Beach from early on became a popular area for summer college classes which were held in a specially-built auditorium. In 1902, Dr. Minthorn (stepfather of President Herbert Hoover) built a sanitarium east of what is now the Sylvia Beach Hotel. In this sanitarium, hot sea water baths were available, as well as small dressing rooms which were used for changing into street clothes after cavorting in the surf.
A favorite place in Nye Beach during the first half of the century was the Natatorium. The first one burned, but a second building was constructed housing a swimming pool and dance hall. A movie theatre and bowling alley were close-by. This structure was on the grounds now used at the plenty of free parking area of the Nye Beach Turnaround.
During WWII, patriots carrying rifles and using dogs patrolled the beach area to keep the country safe from invasion.
A place to escape from the trials of the day has always been a secret of Nye Beach. Today, as a century ago, this colorful seaside community provides the same charm and beauty in a warm, friendly village of shops, services, guest accommodations and which also features a clear, near activist focus on the arts.
 Oregon's Coast : A Guide to the Best Family Attractions from Astoria to Brookings by David Gabbe, Carolyn Gabbe, David Carolyn, Paperback, 192 pages, Published by JASI, 1992, ISBN: 1881409007 |
  April's at Nye Beach Chowder Bowl 728 NW Beach Drive* 541-265-7477 Cottage Door The Eager Beaver Second Hand Store 588 West Olive 541-265-8438 Green Gables Bed & Breakfast Green Gables Bookstore Illingsworth's Kaylan & Ashley Gifts (Now at Aquarium Village) 867-7338 Key Books Minthorne House Bed & Bath Nostalgia & Now Nye Beach Gallery Nye Beach Hotel Nye Beach Montessori School Nye Beach Books 727 NW 3rd 541-265-6840 Oar House Bed & Breakfast Pacific Crest Condominiums 721 NW Coast 541-265-2477 Peerless Puffin Botique 732 NW Beach Drive* 541-265-3153 Performing Arts Center Sand Bar & Grill Sea Cliff Bed & Breakfast Shilo Inn Sylvia Beach Hotel Toujours The Viking's Cottages and Condominiums 721 NW Coast 541-268-2477 The Waves Motel Yaquina Art Center *On the Nye Beach Turn-around
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