• Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber was founded in 1915. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber’s Brad Mehl and Natalie Heacock (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber’s Timber Hall, completed in 2023, featured core products such as Douglas fir, hemlock and cedar as part of its construction. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • A view of Patrick Lumber’s Philomath facility from the deck of Timber Hall on a mid-October morning. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber’s Terry Haddix, operations manager, said about the company’s relocation to Philomath, “The more investment we make in this property, I think it’s more of an illustration to the community at large that we’re not going anywhere and we truly want to be partners in the success of the local area.” (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber Manufacturing’s president, Brad Mehl, takes a close look at a stack of lumber. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber’s Brad Mehl (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber anticipates its new hardwood sawmill, seen here back in mid-October, being online by this spring. (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)
  • Patrick Lumber (Photo by Andy Cripe/Philomath News)

Andy Cripe is a longtime professional news and sports photographer who worked several years in this region for the Corvallis Gazette-Times and Albany Democrat-Herald.