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 | |
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| Location | Mount Adams, Newcomb, New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°5′12.75″N 74°1′31.8″W / 44.0868750°N 74.025500°W |
| 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 No. | 06000253[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 12, 2006 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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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