Mount Adams Fire Observation Station

The 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]

Mount Adams Fire Observation Station
Fire tower May 2021
Mount Adams Fire Observation Station is located in New York
Mount Adams Fire Observation Station
Mount Adams Fire Observation Station is located in the United States
Mount Adams Fire Observation Station
LocationMount Adams, Newcomb, New York
Coordinates44°5′12.75″N 74°1′31.8″W / 44.0868750°N 74.025500°W / 44.0868750; -74.025500
Area7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1917
ArchitectAerMotor Co.
Architectural styleUtilitarian
MPSFire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference No.06000253[1]
Added to NRHPApril 12, 2006

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ unnamed (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Adams Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
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