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Pyramid Peak Aircraft Warning Service Lookout

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architect
  
U.S. Army

Opened
  
1942

Nearest city
  
Port Angeles

Built
  
1942

NRHP Reference #
  
07000726

Added to NRHP
  
13 July 2007

Pyramid Peak Aircraft Warning Service Lookout

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Similar
  
Dodger Point Fire Lookout, Rosemary Inn, Eagle Ranger Station, Humes Ranch Cabin, Elwha Ranger Station

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. 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 employees Joe and Rena Shurnick as one of thirteen such sites within the present Olympic National Park. The 13-by-16-foot (4.0 by 4.9 m) 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 are the only such stations remaining in Olympic National Park.

The Pyramid Peak Lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 2007.

References

Pyramid Peak Aircraft Warning Service Lookout Wikipedia


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