El Caso Lookout Complex

El Caso Lookout Complex
Location: El Caso Lake, New Mexico
Built: 1934
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style: No Style Listed
Governing body: FOREST SERVICE
MPS: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP Reference#:

87002476

[1]
Added to NRHP: January 28, 1988

The El Caso Lookout Complex is located in the Gila National Forest north of Apache Creek, New Mexico. Built in 1934 by the Works Progress Administration, the complex was one of three New Deal-era forest fire lookouts built in Catron County. The other two are the Mangas Mountain Lookout Complex near Old Horse Springs and the Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Complex near Mogollon.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ United States National Park Service. (1988) National Register of Historic Places, 1966-1988.