Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station

Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Fire Observation Station
Location:	Mount Tremper, Shandaken, New York
Coordinates:	41°15′50″N 74°18′36″W / 41.26389°N 74.31°W / 41.26389; -74.31Coordinates: 41°15′50″N 74°18′36″W / 41.26389°N 74.31°W / 41.26389; -74.31
Area:	9.1 acres (3.7 ha)
Built:	1917
Architect:	Aermotor Corporation
Governing body:	State
MPS:	Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP Reference#:	01001032[1]
Added to NRHP:	September 23, 2001

Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Tremper at Shandaken in Ulster County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 47-foot-tall (14 m), steel frame lookout tower erected in 1917 and a jeep trail that extends from the base of the mountain to a point below its summit. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Catskill Park from the hazards of forest fires.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

See Also

• The Fire Towers of New York

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: Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100220. Retrieved 2010-02-20.  See also: "Accompanying two photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=100219.