Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station

United States historic place
Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station
Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station, May 2007
44°12′47″N 74°35′48″W / 44.21306°N 74.59667°W / 44.21306; -74.59667
Area3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1918
ArchitectAermotor Corporation
MPSFire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference No.01001039[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 2001

The Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Arab at Piercefield in St. Lawrence County, New York. The station includes a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel frame lookout tower erected in 1918, an observers cabin built about 1948, a trace of the foundation of the original cabin, a structure probably used as a root cellar in the 1940s, and the foot trail. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation and provided a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Forest Preserve from the hazards of forest fires.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Wes Haynes and Linda Garofalini (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2010-01-01. See also: "Accompanying four photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2010-01-02.

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  • The Fire Towers of New York
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