Olallie Lake Guard Station

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Olallie Lake Guard Station
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The Olallie Lake Guard Station in 2013
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Location of the Olallie Lake Guard Station in Oregon
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Olallie Lake Guard Station (the United States)
Location Mount Hood National Forest
Nearest city Estacada, Oregon
Coordinates 44°48′51″N121°47′25″W / 44.814106°N 121.790307°W / 44.814106; -121.790307
Area0.92 acres (0.37 ha)
Built1939
Built by Civilian Conservation Corps
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural style Rustic
MPS USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in Oregon and Washington Built by the CCC MPS
NRHP reference No. 91000169 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 6, 1991

Olallie Lake Guard Station is a former guard station in the Clackamas ranger district of the Mt. Hood National Forest, in Jefferson County, Oregon. Built in 1939, the cabin is in the Olallie Scenic Area near Olallie Butte and Mount Jefferson in the Cascade Mountains. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

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Its NRHP nomination explains its significance:

Possessing very high qualities of design and execution, the Guard Station is a very good example of an architectural locution invested with special aesthetic and associative values by the agency that created it. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. E. Gail Throop (September 2, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Olallie Lake Guard Station". National Park Service . Retrieved November 25, 2016. with two photos from 1985