Historical Marker
Gilbert Inn - 1892
Historical marker location:
341 Beach Drive, Seaside, Oregon
( Marker is on Beach Drive near Avenue A.)
Historic Home of Alexandre Gilbert.
Oregon was the first state in the United States to legalize physician-assisted suicide. In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which allows terminally ill patients to obtain a prescription for a lethal dose of medication to end their lives.