The Viking’s Cottages
Situated on NW Coast Street,
in beautiful Newport,
Oregon are the
Viking’s Cottages
and Condominiums.
For decades they have
been a much loved
retreat for coastal
visitors.
Their history is recorded on the Viking’s
web site. We quote
their site for a brief
history (read more of their history by visiting: www.vikingsoregoncoast.com where you will find their slide show of the procedings along
with a blog keeping you posted on up-to-the-
minute events)
Before the Viking's
"The cottages date back to the
1920's. Little is known of the Viking's
previous owners. But we do know the
motel was not always called "the Viking's."
Legend has it that the original builders —
Hattie and Sam Penney — named it for their hometown Albany, then called the "Hub City of Oregon." Later the motel was known simply as "the Hub."
The Crow's Nest tower, tiered like a wedding cake, was once said to be the highest structure in Newport. On top was an observation platform, long since removed, either lost to a ruth-less Pacific storm or taken down for fear it would be. Yes, storms on the Oregon coast can be formidable. It isn't hard to imagine creaking timbers and breaking glass in gale-force winds. The rest of the tower—three stories high—endured however, with minor modification and much maintenance, into the twenty-first century."
The original Hub City Observatory became known as the Crow's Nest
& The Greenstone Inn A documentation of the final end of the Viking’s Cottages and the Rise of the Greenstone Inn
The old cottages had served countless visitors over their many years on Nye Beach. But now they must go to make room for a new 20 Room motel which will be state of the art "green" building.
You can follow the "Rise of the Greenstone" right here by clicking on the direction hands @ bottom left (to move forward and back through the weeks), or you can click on the links below to go to specific construction activities.
We will follow the different phases of any building project: Demolition, Excavation, Foundation, Framing, etc.; but I will try to focus on the specific products and processes which will make the building’s “carbon footprint” smaller than her neighbors.
I hope this documentary will entertain and inform you. Whether you are a local reader or a Newport visitor who wants to follow this project when you get home.