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Interior of covered bridge at Scotts Mills, Oregon; looking toward the sawmill in the evening. (c.1948?)

Scotts Mills Bridge, also known as Newlen Bridge, crossed Butte Creek on the Clackamas and Marion County line in the small logging community of Scotts Mills. (Population: 360 in 2013.)

Reported as being built in either 1906 or 1924, the bridge was used extensively in the community until 1951 when Marion County replaced it with the present steel bridge of a Warren polygonal pony truss design on what is now known as South Nowlens Bridge Road. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]


Bridge at Scotts Mills, Oregon– Then and Now (50+ Years Later)

"Bridge of Scotts Mills, Oregon" 2011 by Miary Andria


"Interior of covered bridge looking toward sawmill"
c.1948 by Wanda Gifford – OSU Archives

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The Cooke house is still standing at 2566 NW Lovejoy Street, though it's been divided up into at least five apartments. Mrs. J.P. Cooke was an award-winning gardener (see oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1922-06-21/ed-1/se...) when she lived here, though the address at the time was 215 North 25th Street before the great Portland renumbering. The area just east of her home where her rose gardens once stood was turned into a large apartment building circa 1950. The houses to the north of the Cooke house are long gone. Two of the center-right homes pictured in the background are still standing at 2626 NW Cornell Road and 2636 NW Cornell Road. An old photo of these two homes can be seen here (in your collection): www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/3679689068/