Twin Sisters Lookout

Twin Sisters Lookout
Front of the Lookout
Nearest city: Estes Park, Colorado
Built: 1914
Architect: US Forest Service
Architectural style: Other
Governing body: National Park Service
MPS: Rocky Mountain National Park MRA
NRHP Reference#:

92001670

[1]
Added to NRHP: December 24, 1992

The Twin Sisters Lookout, also known as the Twin Sisters Radio Tower and the Twin Sisters Shelter Cabin, was built by the U.S. Forest Service in 1914, the year before the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park. The rustic log structure was taken over by the National Park Service in 1925. The one-story building has an arched roof with a trap door to provide access when snow has drifted over the ground-level door.[2] From 1914 to 1969 the shelter served as accommodations for fire observation crews at a nearby frame lookout, which has since vanished. The building is presently used as a radio repeater station.[3]

See Also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Larimer County, Colorado

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. ^ "Twin Sisters Radio Tower". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2009-01-11. http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=CO&PARK=ROMO&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=15. 
  3. ^ Steven F. Mehls (August 4, 1991). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Twin Sisters LookoutPDF (233 KB). National Park Service. 

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