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Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin

FieldValue
imageSterling Forest State Park, NY - fire lookout tower.jpg
nearest_cityGreenwood Lake, New York
coordinates
locmapinNew York#USA
built1922
architectAermotor Corporation
addedJuly 28, 2006
arealess than one acre
refnum06000644

The Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin is a historic fire observation station located on Sterling Mountain in Sterling Forest State Park at Greenwood Lake in Orange County, New York. Located at an elevation of 1320 ft, the station includes a 60 ft, steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1922 and an observer's cabin built about 1934. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation and provided a front line of defense in preserving the Ramapo Mountains from the hazards of forest fires. The observer's cabin is of light frame construction, sheathed with board and batten siding stained brown.

In 1968 an access road was constructed to facilitate repairs, with both the tower and cabin being upgraded that same year. The station became a volunteer-run reserve lookout in 1989 when New York State ended its fire observation program.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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References

  1. {{NRISref. 2009a
  2. William E. Krattinger. (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin". National Archives and Records Administration.
  3. (2005). "History of Sterling Fire Tower". Forest Fire Lookout Association.
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