A history of Seaside,
since 1899
Postcards, papers and photographs of Seaside from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Around on January 1, 1806, a group of men from the Lewis and Clark Expedition built a salt-making cairn at the site later developed as Seaside. The city was not incorporated until February 17, 1899, when coastal resort areas were being settled. It is about 79 miles (127 km) by car northwest of Portland, Oregon, a major population center.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Seaside’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view08211-Seaside, Ore.-1906-Camp Lif…, 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Seaside
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Seaside, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Seaside
3 places in Seaside are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1991Charles Preston House
Listed 1991Haller-Black House
Listed 1991William and Nellie Fullam HouseThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 08211-Seaside, Ore.-1906-Camp Life-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag (1906) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5), the Library of Congress (6) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.