Numa Ridge Fire Lookout

Numa Ridge Fire Lookout
Nearest city: West Glacier, Montana
Built: 1934
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style: No Style Listed
Governing body: National Park Service
MPS: Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP Reference#: 86000357
Added to NRHP: February 14, 1986[1]

The Numa Ridge Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of manned fire lookout posts within the park. The low two-story timber-construction structure with a pyramidal roof was built in 1933.[2] The lookout was built to a standard plan originated by the U.S. Forest Service as part of a program to provide overlapping fire lookout coverage within the park.[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. ^ "Numa Ridge 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=177. 
  3. ^ Historical Research Associates (May 1984). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Numa Ridge Fire LookoutPDF (148 KB). National Park Service