The old condemned cannery building was torn down in May 2019 prior to a plan to re-construct the jetty. The goal after demolition of the 80-year old dilapidated structure is to rebuild a more modern facility which would be a boon for the economy. A new cannery building would have room for the prior tenants plus two other canneries, a seaweed cultivation center, research and lab space for Oregon State University and a seawater delivery system. (Source: Curry Coastal Pilot)
The photos below were captured by photographer Lance Nix in 2008.
![Old commercial building at the port of Port Orford.](https://blog.portorfordhistoricalphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cannery1.png)
![Premium Pacific Seafood Bldg](https://blog.portorfordhistoricalphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cannery2.png)
![The building being demolished in 2019. Photograph by author Helen Picca.](https://blog.portorfordhistoricalphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/61422024_10216518987145505_1169733496957042688_o-1024x768.jpg)
![The building being demolished in 2019. Photograph by author Helen Picca.](https://blog.portorfordhistoricalphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/61703940_10216518994665693_3188109156728963072_o-1024x768.jpg)
![The Cannery Building Ca. 1950](https://blog.portorfordhistoricalphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cannery-at-P.O.-dock-1024x431.jpg)
Steve stromme
This where I started my fishing career in 1975 and am still fishing in Alaska 2020, thanks to Rick Loan who told me I could find work there I left port orford in 1980 for Alaska