History. Seaview's history began in 1859 when Jonathan Stout, a cooper from Ohio, arrived on the Long Beach Peninsula. In 1880 he purchased 153 acres along the ocean front with plans for a summer resort. He ran through several names for the resort—Stout's, Ocean View, North Pacific Beach, and finally Sea View.
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In 1873, Jonathan L. Stout received a land grand for 153.5 acres that would eventually become the city of Seaview. In 1881 he platted the town and began to sell ...
Seaview began as a summer community whose vacationers first arrived by steamer, wagon and on horseback. Time brought visitors by stagecoach and train and, ...
Seaview was once a depot on the Clamshell Railroad, the narrow gauge “train that ran with the tides” that ran up the Long Beach Peninsula from 1889 to 1930.
Learn all about the history behind the oldest continually operating hotel in Washington State, located in Seaview, WA.