Olallie Lake Guard Station is a former guard station in the Clackamas ranger district of the Mt. Hood National Forest, in

Jefferson County, Oregon Jefferson County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,502. The county seat is Madras. The county is named after Mount Jefferson. History Jefferson County was created on December 12, ...

. Built in 1939, the cabin is in the

Olallie Scenic Area Olallie Scenic Area is a United States Forest Service designated scenic area located in Oregon's Cascade Range. It is between Mount Hood on the north and Mount Jefferson to the south and contains Olallie Lake along with several smaller lakes. Th ...

near

Olallie Butte Olallie Butte is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of the northern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the largest volcano and highest point in the distance between Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson. Located just outside the O ...

and Mount Jefferson in the

Cascade Mountains The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, ...

. It was listed 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 ...

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. with

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* Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon Government buildings completed in 1939 Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Oregon Mount Hood National Forest Civilian Conservation Corps in Oregon National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Oregon 1939 establishments in Oregon {{Oregon-NRHP-stub

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