Allison Guard Station

Most of the other buildings at the Allison Guard Station are eligible for historic designation, but are not yet listed on the National Register.

At that time, the Allison compound was converted to a guard station for fire crews and work parties.

The project stabilized the foundation on a gravel pad and reset the cabin's porch posts.

In 2005, the Malheur Nation Forest supervisor approved a project to renovate several of the Civilian Conservation Corps buildings.

The project replaced deteriorating foundations, converted the warehouse into a fire crew bunkhouse, and improved the ranger station's water system which included drilling a new well.

As a result, the Civilian Conservation Corps era structures remain eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places sometime in the future.

A modern vehicle shed was also constructed as part of the 2005 project; however, the structure was designed to match the historic buildings at the site.

Today, the bunkhouse and ranger residences are used during the summer to house a twelve-person fire fighting crew, and the Forest Service rents the Civilian Conservation Corps era cookhouse to recreational visitors.

[5] The Donnelly Cabin and six of the seven Civilian Conservation Corps era buildings still exist at the Allison site.

[4][6][7] A Forest Service study in the early 1980s determined that the Civilian Conservation Corps era building at the site are also eligible for historic designation; however, they are not yet listed on the national register.

[5][8][9] The Allison Guard Station is located in a remote area of the Ochoco Mountains in the Malheur National Forest.

[10] To get to the Allison Ranger Station from Burns, travel south on Highway 20 four miles (6 km) though the neighboring town of Hines.