St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Station

The St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Saint Regis Mountain at Santa Clara in Franklin County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 35-foot-tall (11 m), steel frame lookout tower erected in 1918, the site of the former observer's cabin, and 9/10 of a mile foot trail between the cabin site and summit. 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.[2]

St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Station
Saint Regis Mountain fire tower, July 2007
LocationSt. Regis Mountain, Santa Clara, New York
Coordinates44°24′50″N 74°18′55″W
Area3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1918
ArchitectAermotor Corporation
MPSFire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference No.05000163[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 2005

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

The tower was restored by a friends group that formed in 2013, and the tower was re-opened to the public in September 2016.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. David Petrelli (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying four photos".

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