Wendling, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Wendling Bridge, a covered bridge over Mill Creek
Wendling Bridge, a covered bridge over Mill Creek
Wendling is located in Oregon
Wendling
Wendling
Wendling is located in the United States
Wendling
Wendling
Coordinates: 44°11′36″N 122°47′51″W / 44.19333°N 122.79750°W / 44.19333; -122.79750
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Elevation
646 ft (197 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97454
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1136886

Wendling is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, located northeast of Marcola.[1] Wendling's post office operated from 1899 to 1952.[2] It was named for George X. Wendling, a local lumberman.[3][4] Wendling was created as a company town for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company.

History

A rail line from Coburg, passing through Springfield and Natron, was later extended over Willamette Pass. A branch from Springfield to Wendling was constructed in 1902.[5]

Fires

The main street of the town is but a blackened mass of ruins, not a single post of scantling remaining to mark the spot where the large cookhouse, 80 room hotel and bunkhouse, barber shop, meat market, pool and billiard hall once stood.

— Eugene’s Morning Register, August 26, 1910[6]

In August 1910, Wendling burned down.[7] It also later burned down again on September 29, 1946.[7]

Wendling Bridge, a covered bridge, carries Wendling Road over Mill Creek at Wendling.[8] Built in 1938, the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wendling". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. ^ "Lane County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  3. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 1020–1021. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. ^ "Names of Lane County Communities Reveal Interesting Histories, Anecdotes". Eugene Register-Guard. January 4, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  5. ^ Leslie M. Scott: History of the narrow gauge railroad in the Willamette Valley. June 1919, Oregon Historical Quarterly.
  6. ^ Eugene’s Morning Register, August 26, 1910 in "Lost Towns: Wendling". Lane County History Museum. 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Lost Towns: Wendling". Lane County History Museum. 2016.
  8. ^ "Mill Creek (Wendling) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  9. ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 23. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  10. ^ Link, Gary (1992). Bennett, Lola (ed.). Hayden Bridge (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: Historic American Engineering Record. Survey number: OR-19.

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