Hoodoo Ridge Lookout

Umatilla NF, Walla Walla District, Troy, Oregon. County/parish: Wallowa.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 26, 2015. NRIS 15000273.

3 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Hoodoo Ridge Lookout Historic District

From Wikipedia:

Hoodoo Ridge Lookout

The Hoodoo Ridge Lookout is a historic fire lookout in the Umatilla National Forest (Walla Walla Ranger District) near Troy, Oregon, in the United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on May 26, 2015.

Built starting in 1925 and operating until the 1970s, the site served as a United States Forest Service fire lookout. The district includes three contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The site contains a 1925 crows nest, a 1933 lookout tower, a 1933 cabin and garage, and an outhouse that may have been contemporaneous.

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