Location: Immediately south of Erie Mountain Road on the southwestern crest of Mt Erie, app 4 miles south of the Anacortes City center, Anacortes, Skagit County, WA. The current concrete building and antenna towers are prominently situated on a rocky outcrop, ringed by a barbed-wire chain link fence.

Findings of Fact report that the site consists of 1.63 acres acquired by leases in 1957 and 1959 from the city of Anacortes and Bridget Anderson for the purpose of an unmanned radar facility for the Air Force; that the leases terminated on 30 June 1961 and 31 August 1961, and that improvements were sold to the lessors.

Site History from the report shows that in March 1951, the Anacortes Kiwanis Club purchased property at the top of Mount Erie for use as a public park. The Kiwanis Club immediately deeded the property to the city of Anacortes for use as a city park. Between 1951 and 52, the US Air Force began inquiries on obtaining a variance in the deed for radar station construction in the interests of national defense. In 1957 and 59, the property was purchased.

An unmanned gap filler radar station was constructed on the property, but apparently never became operational. On 30 June and 31 August 1961, the Air Force leases were terminated, with the only reported property improvement consisting of a 1307 square foot concrete building being sold to the lessor. An above-ground storage tank used to fuel the generator was reportedly removed prior to lease termination. On 26 January 1962, the city leased the concrete building and adjacent property to Puget Sound Power and Light , and the remaining property formerly used by the Air Force reverted to a city park.

Between 1962 and the present time, the concrete building and adjacent property has been used as a Puget Sound Power and Light unmanned communications facility. The concrete building has been modified twice since 1962, and two towers have been constructed to support receiving and transmitting communications antennas.