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Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station
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Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station, May 2007
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| Location: | Arab Mountain, Piercefield, New York |
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| Area: | 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Built: | 1918 |
| Architect: | Aermotor Corporation |
| Governing body: | State |
| MPS: | Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 01001039[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | September 23, 2001 |
Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Arab at Piercefield in St. Lawrence County, New York. The station includes a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel frame lookout tower erected in 1918, an observers cabin built about 1948, a trace of the foundation of the original cabin, a structure probably used as a root cellar in the 1940s, and the foot trail. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation and provided a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Forest Preserve from the hazards of forest fires.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.