Wofford Lookout Complex

	Wofford Lookout Complex
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties
	Wofford Lookout ground view
	Location in New Mexico
Nearest city	Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Coordinates	32°59′48″N 105°42′40″W / 32.99667°N 105.71111°WCoordinates: 32°59′48″N 105°42′40″W / 32.99667°N 105.71111°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1933
Built by	Civilian Conservation Corps[1]
Architectural style	Aermotor MC-39 tower[1]
MPS	National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP reference #	87002484[2]
NMSRCP #	1446
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 28, 1988
Designated NMSRCP	March 4, 1988

Wofford Lookout Complex consists of an 80-foot-tall (24 m)^[1] fire lookout tower and associated buildings in Lincoln National Forest in Otero County, New Mexico.

Wofford Lookout Complex was built in 1933 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1988, as part of a thematic group of United States Forest Service fire lookouts in the forest service's Southwestern Region.^[3]^[4]

Gallery

A view of the two support houses and the base of the tower at the Wofford Lookout Complex
Plaque on the larger of the two support houses
Wofford tower lookout cab
View from the top of Wofford tower

1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places Index – Nomination Form: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region, USDA Forest Service", page 39. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Asset Detail: Wofford Lookout Complex". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
↑ Capace, N (2001). Encyclopedia of New Mexico. 1st ed. Santa Barbara: Somerset.

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