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The Pyramid Peak Aircraft Warning Service Lookout was built in the fall of 1942 in Olympic National Park to function as a spotter station guarding against intrusions by Japanese aircraft during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. The single-story frame structure is located on the southern side of Pyramid Peak. Funded by the U.S. Army, it was built by
National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...
employees Joe and Rena Shurnick as one of thirteen such sites within the present Olympic National Park. The shed is clad in wood shingles and has a simple pitched roof covered with wood shakes. A small woodshed is located just to the north. There are unglazed window openings on each side of the shelter. The lookout was used as an Aircraft Warning Service station until June 1944, when the AWS was abandoned. Pyramid Peak and
Dodger Point Fire Lookout The Dodger Point Fire Lookout was built in 1933 in Olympic National Park as a fire observation station. The single-story frame structure is located on the peak of Dodger Point above the timber line at an elevation of . Measuring by , it is cla ...
are the only such stations remaining in Olympic National Park. and The Pyramid Peak Lookout was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on July 13, 2007.


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Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Olympic National Park Government buildings completed in 1942 Buildings and structures in Clallam County, Washington Aircraft Warning Service 1942 establishments in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Clallam County, Washington {{Washington-NRHP-stub