Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station

The Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Azure Mountain at Waverly in Franklin County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1918, a jeep trail now used as a hiking trail, which extends from the base of the mountain to two former observers' cabins, and a foot trail from the cabins to the summit. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Forest Preserve from the hazards of forest fires.[2]

Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station
Azure Mountain Fire Tower, August 2008
LocationAzure Mountain, Waverly, New York
Coordinates44°32′28″N 74°30′0″W
Area3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1918
ArchitectAermotor Corporation
MPSFire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference No.01001036[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 2001

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Wes Haynes (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying three photos".

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