TitleWorking on wrought iron gate, Timberline LodgeDescriptionOrion B. Dawson, the lead blacksmith for Timberline Lodge’s blacksmith shop in Portland, works on the iron gates for the entry to the Cascade Dining Room. The gates were made without rivets or bolts, weighed 1,100 pounds and are over seven feet tall and ten feet wide. The Lodge was built and furnished by local artisans during the Great Depression using Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) and Federal Art Project funds, opening to the public in 1938. It is a National Historic Landmark.CreatorEdmonds, T. J.TypeStillImageFormatimage/jpegDate1939-08-18LocationTimberline Lodge, Clackamas County, Oregon, United StatesSubjectTimberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.)Dawson, Orion B., 1896-1977 Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CollectionHistoric PhotographsW.P.A PhotographsTimberline Lodge Photographs
Edmonds, T. J., Working on wrought iron gate, Timberline Lodge (1939-08-18). State Library of Oregon Digital Collections, accessed 13/04/2026, https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/nodes/view/316240
