Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station

Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station
Location: Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain, Chesterfield, New York
Area: 3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built: 1917
Architect: Aermotor Corporation
Governing body: State
MPS: Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP Reference#: 01001034[1]
Added to NRHP: September 23, 2001

Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain at Chesterfield in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1917, a jeep trail that extends from the base of the mountain to a point below its summit, the remains of an observer's cabin possibly built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936, and a spring house. 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]

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. ^ Wes Haynes (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Poke-O-Moonshine 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=10991. Retrieved 2010-02-20.  See also: "Accompanying three photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10979. 

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