W of Arock, Arock, Oregon. County/parish: Malheur.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 01, 1974. NRIS 74001695.
1 contributing building.
The Sheep Ranch Fortified House, near Arock, Oregon, is a historic structure that was built in approximately 1863. Also known as the McWilliams House, it was built by a man with the McWilliams family name. It served as a ranch house, a stagecoach stop, and a fort.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
It was bought in 1914 by Pascual Eiguren, a Basque immigrant, whose family continued to own it in 1974, and it is partly notable for its Basque association.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77850043