(Wheeler, OR) – Artists, antiques dealers, contractors restoring old homes, and investors in unique collectables will find items they need and their customers want for sale at the old hospital in Wheeler from July 31 to August 2.
Opened in 1955, closed as a hospital in 1989, and operated primarily for office and storage space through 2025, furniture and various fixtures remain in the old hospital, but now must be removed to facilitate environmental remediation work.
The Nehalem Bay Health District, owner of the hospital building, has gathered the most valuable objects from those heritage years to offer at bargain prices. The historic hospital salvage sale will take place from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm from July 31 through August 2 at 278 Rowe Street in Wheeler. Follow signs from Highway 101 up Hospital Road. Free parking on site. Level access from the parking lot through an open bay door. Sale areas will be clearly marked, and not all rooms of the building will be open to the public. All proceeds from sales will support the District’s operations.
Items are available for sale in advance of environmental remediation work at the old hospital that is scheduled to begin in mid-August. The old hospital is in deteriorated condition, and the District has deemed the building unsuitable for further use. The Health District recently declared the items for sale to be surplus.
The Health District eventually plans to demolish the old hospital with the hope of repurposing the property to create workforce housing, particularly for health care and other essential workers, in order to ease the area’s chronic housing shortage.
The Nehalem Bay Heath District has served the health and senior care needs of north Tillamook County residents and visitors since 1951. The District owns the new Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy, as well as the Nehalem Valley Care Center, a skilled nursing facility adjacent to the old hospital. Renovation planning of the Care Center is currently underway with significant upgrades to the facility scheduled for early in 2027.
