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Depoe Bay Ocean Wayside (Depoe Bay, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • John Helstrom (builder/contractor)
  • Carl Conrad Schneider (architect, 1899-1969)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1956
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2012)
View
  • exterior: Western face of building overlooking ocean, looking east
View Date
  • 2010-12
Temporal
  • 1950-1959
MODS Note
  • The Depoe Bay Ocean Wayside is the only state wayside constructed during the postwar period designed to serve the rapidly increasing ranks of the motoring public, while specifically taking advantage of a unique scenic vista – the world’s smallest navigable harbor at Depoe Bay. Responsible for both the development and maintenance of the state highway system and state parks, the Oregon State Highway Department sought not only to provide an efficient road system, but also to encourage travel to Oregon’s scenic places. The Depoe Bay Ocean Wayside blends these two missions by providing an easily accessible highway rest stop and concession on a popular tourist route, while it offering access to Oregon’s natural beauty through its scenic location. The building’s low profile, large picture windows, and minimal decoration is typical of the 1950s, and offers visitors beautiful panoramic views, while the intentional placement of the building below the highway minimizes its impact on the Ocean view from the roadway.
  • This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • 119 Southwest Highway 101
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_22075
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Institution
Submission Date
  • 04/29/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (18 Apr 2024). Depoe Bay Ocean Wayside (Depoe Bay, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nf260

MLA

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Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Depoe Bay Ocean Wayside (Depoe Bay, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nf260

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Schneider, Carl C. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/SchneiderCarlC
2 Helstron, John http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/HelstronJohn
3 Johnson, Ian P. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/JohnsonIanP
4 Estrom, Anina http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/EstromAnina
5 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
6 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
7 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
8 roadside rest areas http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300003887
9 overlooks http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008186
10 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
11 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
12 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
13 Depoe Bay >> Lincoln County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5722917/
14 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
15 Lincoln County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5736643/
16 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
17 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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