Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station

Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station
Azure Mountain Fire Tower, August 2008
Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station is located in New York
Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station
Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station is located in the United States
Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station
LocationAzure Mountain, Waverly, New York
Coordinates44°32′28″N 74°30′0″W / 44.54111°N 74.50000°W / 44.54111; -74.50000
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

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]

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

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying three photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2010-02-27.