- Mount Adams Fire Observation Station
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Mount Adams Fire Observation Station
Location: Mount Adams, Newcomb, New York Coordinates: 44°4′52″N 74°3′21″W / 44.08111°N 74.05583°WCoordinates: 44°4′52″N 74°3′21″W / 44.08111°N 74.05583°W Area: 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) Built: 1917 Architect: AerMotor Co. Architectural style: Utilitarian Governing body: Private MPS: Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS NRHP Reference#: 06000253[1] Added to NRHP: April 12, 2006 Mount Adams Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Adams at Newcomb in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 56-foot-tall (17 m), steel frame lookout tower erected in 1917, a foot trail leading up the 3,250 foot summit, and the 1922 observers cabin with shed and privy. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Park from the hazards of forest fires.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ unnamed (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Adams Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101532. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
Categories:- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- 1917 architecture
- Buildings and structures in Essex County, New York
- Fire lookout towers in New York
- Essex County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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