Now it's gone. Oregon lost the iconic Charles Nelson House to the ongoing Substation Fire. For almost 80 years, the Charles E. Nelson House stood abandoned and alone, tucked into a hollow on the ...

Rumor had spread that time might be running out for the Nelson House. The Charles E. Nelson House was a weathered clapboard farmhouse, tucked up in the rolling wheat fields of Oregon’s high plains.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The famous Charles E. Nelson house in Dufur was destroyed by the Substation Fire in Wasco County. It was an iconic home and one of the most photographed in Wasco County.

DUFUR, Ore. -- The historic Charles E. Nelson home near Dufur, Oregon has burned in the Substation Fire. The 36,000-acre wildfire claimed one of the state's most photographed abandoned homes.