Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station

Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station
Location: Summit of Loon Lake Mountain, Franklin, New York
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1917
Architect: AerMotor Corporation
Architectural style: Utilitarian/firetower
Governing body: State
MPS: Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP Reference#: 08001144[1]
Added to NRHP: December 5, 2008

Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Loon Lake Mountain at Loon Lake (Franklin County, New York) in Franklin County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 35-foot-tall (11 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1917; it has been abandoned since 1971. 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 2008.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ David Petrelli (September 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=102660. Retrieved 2010-02-20.  See also: "Accompanying three photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=102659. 

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