Hotel Elmore

Built in 1912


STEWARDs of yesterday

Hotel Elmore

After Lindsay stepped away from managing the Elmore, the hotel passed into the hands of Jake J. and Anna “Mother Krebs” Krebs. Anna quickly became something of a legend in town, not just for her impeccable, home-style cooking, but for the sharp poker skills she brought to the table. The Elmore’s dining room was large enough to serve as many as 300 guests at once, and it was said that Anna could feed a crowd and still have the energy to outplay any traveling salesman who thought they could best her.

  • Lifted one story building sitting on log stilts laid parallel to the ground. Located near tracks and a few trees.

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  • Vintage photo of the Hotel, a large building with a covered porch and unique angled windows on a sandy hillside.

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  • Hotel Elmore, two-story wooden building with porch and balcony; guests relax outside; forest background.

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  • Two-story building with covered porch, storefront on the first floor, and a smaller building to the left.

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  • Black and white photo of the Hotel, a large two-story building with a porch and signage, in a rural setting.

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Following the passing of her first husband, Craig, Anna later married Charlie Kunze. For a time, the two invested deeply in the growing community. But when their relationship ended, Charlie left town while Anna stayed right where she was, still at the Elmore, still dealing cards, still winning.

In time, management of the hotel passed to the next generation: their daughter Louise and her husband, Jim Craig, stepped in after the Krebs built a family home nearby. The Elmore name carried weight across this stretch of the Oregon coast. Beyond their roots in Rockaway Beach’s early settlement, the family also owned a major cannery in Astoria and even operated a coastal steamboat, the Sue H. Elmore, that carried their legacy up and down the waterways of Oregon and southwest Washington.

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