Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout

Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout
Nearest city West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates 48°44′53″N 113°52′35″W / 48.74806°N 113.87639°WCoordinates: 48°44′53″N 113°52′35″W / 48.74806°N 113.87639°W
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, Montana, USA, is significant as one of a chain of manned fire lookout posts within the park. The one-story timber-construction 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 it 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.
  2. "Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 14, 2008.
  3. Historical Research Associates (June 1984). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout (pdf). National Park Service.