Shore Acres

Shore Acres is perched on a scenic bluff above the Pacific Ocean, Shore Acres began as a private estate with luxurious gardens featuring trees, shrubs, and flowering plants brought from around the world aboard the sailing ships of pioneer lumberman and shipbuilder Louis J. Simpson. Was instrumental in the founding of the City of North Bend.

When fire destroyed the mansion in 1921, Simpson began to build an even larger replacement - two stories high and 224 feet long. The grounds contained five acres of formal gardens, including a Japanese-style garden built around a 100-foot lily pond.

However, financial losses in the 1930s caused both house and grounds to fall into disrepair. During World War 2 the grounds and home were used by the Army. In 1942, Simpson's beloved Shore Acres was purchased by the state of Oregon for use as a public park.

While structural deterioration eventually forced the mansion to be razed one of the fireplaces was left in a observation building, Due to disrepair the fireplace was torn down and replaced by a new observation building.

The restored formal gardens continue to attract thousands of visitors. Now other the gardeners cottage and what is left of tennis courts there are no structures left of the old mansion.







Have many more to share at another time.

Here is just a sample of the gardens at Shore Acres.











I have many more pictures of the flowers at Shore Acres. But I will not make look at every single one of them now.


Looking down on the beach. Hardly any driftwood.I used to love to go down there and play in the driftwood we would build forts and such.