Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station | |
 Tower in 2008 | |
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| Location | Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain, Chesterfield, New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°23′16″N 73°30′29″W / 44.38778°N 73.50806°W |
| Area | 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architect | Aermotor Corporation |
| MPS | Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001034[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 23, 2001 |
The Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire lookout tower on Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain at Chesterfield in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1917, a jeep trail that extends from the base of the mountain to a point below its summit, the remains of an observer's cabin possibly built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936, and a spring house. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Windmill Company.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Wes Haynes (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Poke-O-Moonshine 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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Categories:
- Government buildings completed in 1917
- Towers completed in 1917
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Civilian Conservation Corps in New York (state)
- Buildings and structures in Essex County, New York
- Fire lookout towers in Adirondack Park
- Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New York
- Essex County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs