Olallie Lake Guard Station Explained

Olallie Lake Guard Station
Location:Mount Hood National Forest
Nearest City:Estacada, Oregon
Coordinates:44.8141°N -121.7903°W
Map Alt:Locator map
Built:1939
Builder:Civilian Conservation Corps
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Rustic
Added:March 6, 1991
Mpsub:USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in Oregon and Washington Built by the CCC MPS
Refnum:91000169

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.

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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=91000169}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Olallie Lake Guard Station ]. . E. Gail Throop . September 2, 1986 . November 25, 2016 . with