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Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station
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Azure Mountain Fire Tower, August 2008
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| Location: | Azure Mountain, Waverly, 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#: | 01001036[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | September 23, 2001 |
Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Azure Mountain at Waverly in Franklin County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1918, a jeep trail now used as a hiking trail, which extends from the base of the mountain to two former observers' cabins, and a foot trail from the cabins to the summit. 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 added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]