The Pyramid Peak Aircraft Warning Service Lookout was built in the fall of 1942 in

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to function as a spotter station guarding against intrusions by Japanese aircraft during

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. The single-story frame structure is located on the southern side of Pyramid Peak. Funded by the U.S. Army, it was built by

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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 The Aircraft Warning Service (AWS) was a civilian service of the United States Army Ground Observer Corps instated during World War II to keep watch for enemy planes entering American airspace. It became inactive on May 29, 1944. Purpose During W ...

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. and The Pyramid Peak Lookout was placed on the

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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