In 1928, Earle and Grace Hammond, their children, and friends, relax and celebrate the completion of the core of their family beach house, the living room, kitchen, and upstairs bedroom. They named it . They were among the earliest residents of Lincoln City on the Central Oregon Coast. |
The Hammonds and their neighbors the Underdahls built next to each other. Both properties are now owned and managed by the Hammonds' grandson, Jere Webb. | |
The Hammond's children and their friends play on the footbridge
over the |
Grace Hammond deeded the land on the ocean side of beach house to the City of Lincoln City in perpetuity on condition it be kept as open space. The City's appreciation of Grace's gift is commemorated with a tiny park and plaque marking the "Grace Hammond Beach Access". |