Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout

Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout
Nearest city: West Glacier, Montana
Built: 1945
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style: No Style Listed
Governing body: National Park Service
MPS: Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP Reference#: 86003688
Added to NRHP: December 19, 1986[1]

The Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of manned fire lookout posts within the park. The one-story timber-construction structure with a flat roof was built in 1945. The flat, overhanging roof is anchored to the stone foundation with cables.[2]

The lookout was to be built in 1940 by local contractor Ole Norden as part of a Public Works Administration project. However, Norden was unable to perform the work, and the lookout was completed in 1945 under a different contract.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-14. http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=MT&PARK=GLAC&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=169. 
  3. ^ Historical Research Associates (June 1984). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Heaven's Peak Fire LookoutPDF (36 KB). National Park Service.