Saturday, 9 September 2017
Cannon Beach Cottage and Garden Tour
a benefit for the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum
Lannie’s Cottage
For some reason, neither Allan nor I got a photo of the front of the cottage. Possibly it was crowded with tour guests and we thought we’d do so on the way out, and did not.

The Daily Astorian featured this article about Lannie and her cottage.
“On the outside, the house looked terrible, [prosepective buyer Kelly] Giampa recalled. “We almost didn’t want to go in,” she said. “But when we walked in, Lannie greeted us in the kitchen, which was unusual because usually the seller isn’t there.”
They immediately connected and soon bonded over their shared love of Broadway, music and shared roots in Portland.
In the transition, Hurst quickly became family to the Giampas. “We told her to keep a key to the house,” Giampa said. “It was our house.”
“…… to Giampa, what makes her home special is the friendship that formed there before Hurst’s death in 2010. That’s what she hopes to share with more than 500 people who signed up for this year’s tour.
“To me, this house is a person. That’s how it’s always been. Every time I’ve walked in here the past 15 years, it feels like I’m getting a hug,” she said. “It feels like Lannie.”
You can read a bit more about Lannie here.“Even after Hurst moved back to Portland full time in 2002, she would get calls from Hurst asking if she could pop in. Hurst would come over to have dinner with Giampa’s family, and in Portland the two made a habit of going to the theater together. When they were in bloom, Giampa would make sure to bring Hurst a bouquet of the cow lilies that grew in their shared yard.”
interlude
We walked back through the grounds of the Ecola Creek Lodge, and encountered a group of Peninsulites, including Karyn and Kathy, who own Home at the Beach.
As Allan and I walked back to Les Shirley Park, we noticed that the estuary was just past a field to our left.Salmon Trout House
Allan overheard that the neighbourhood is built around a wetland, thus some of the houses are on stilts, or built up high, and I imagine that the stream is much higher in winter.
I walked along the north side of the house.
interlude
I walked up the street a bit because I was interested in how the creek related to the homes.
Next: a cottage just up the street and another two blocks west
At Lannies Cottage, what were the succulent planters on the trellis made from? They look like lengths of pvc pipe that had been been painted purple. Could you tell if they had drainage holes?
Thank you for sharing your cottage tour pictures!
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I think that is exactly what they were.
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I’m just assuming they must have drainage holes but but cannot tell for sure.
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Love the history of this house.
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It’s a wonderful story.
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Oops, I should clarify I’m talking about Lannie’s Cottage.
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