Capella By The Sea

Tucked into Azalea Park above the Port of Brookings-Harbor, Capella By The Sea is an intimate, glass-walled chapel built for weddings, vow renewals, christenings, and memorial services. Native wood and stone construction frames wide windows facing the Chetco River and the Pacific Ocean, setting each ceremony against a wooded, coastal backdrop. The chapel was donated to the City of Brookings in 2009 by Elmo Williams as a memorial to his wife, Lorraine, and was designed by architects Maurice Jennings and David McKee, associates of the noted architect E. Fay Jones. Its soaring wood-beam ceiling and stone half-walls carry that architectural pedigree into a small, quiet space suited to close-knit gatherings. Capella By The Sea seats up to 40 guests on fixed benches, with a maximum occupancy of 49. It rents by the hour year-round, with a two-hour minimum, and outside of rented events is open to the public seasonally for visitors to view the chapel and its setting.