Mount Adams Fire Observation Station

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°W / 44.08111; -74.05583Coordinates: 44°4′52″N 74°3′21″W / 44.08111°N 74.05583°W / 44.08111; -74.05583
Area 7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built 1917
Architect AerMotor Co.
Architectural style Utilitarian
MPS Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference # 06000253[1]
Added to NRHP April 12, 2006

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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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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