Jump to content

Tall Peak Fire Tower

Coordinates: 34°23′11″N 94°2′33″W / 34.38639°N 94.04250°W / 34.38639; -94.04250
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tall Peak Fire Tower
Tall Peak Fire Tower is located in Arkansas
Tall Peak Fire Tower
Location in Arkansas
Tall Peak Fire Tower is located in the United States
Tall Peak Fire Tower
Location in United States
Nearest cityAthens, Arkansas
Coordinates34°23′11″N 94°2′33″W / 34.38639°N 94.04250°W / 34.38639; -94.04250
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleRustic
MPSFacilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.93001077[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 1993

The Tall Peak Fire Tower is a historic fire tower in Ouachita National Forest. It is located at the top of Tall Peak in the southwestern part of the national forest in Polk County, Arkansas. It is a fieldstone structure, built about 1938 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and features the distinctive flared corners that typify CCC architecture. It is accessible via a forest service road off Polk County 64 (also known as Forest Service Road 38).[2]

The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Tall Peak Fire Tower". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-22.