Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station

Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station, September 2012
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Location	Summit of Loon Lake Mountain, Franklin, New York
Coordinates	44°33′29″N 74°9′6″W
Area	less than 1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built	1917
Architect	Aermotor Corporation
Architectural style	Utilitarian/firetower
MPS	Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference No.	08001144[1]
Added to NRHP	December 5, 2008

The Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on the western end of the Loon Lake Mountains west of Loon Lake in Franklin County, New York in the Debar Mountain Wild Forest. The station and contributing resources include a 35-foot-tall (10.7 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1917; it replaced a wooden fire tower that was constructed in 1912.^[2] The tower has been unused since 1971, and the stairs have been removed to keep people from climbing it.

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.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Debar Mountain Wild Forest".
3. David Petrelli (September 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying three photos".

External links

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