Mingus Lookout Complex | |
 Fire lookout tower and buildings | |
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| Nearest city | Jerome, Arizona |
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| Coordinates | 34°41′39″N 112°7′38″W / 34.69417°N 112.12722°W |
| Built | 1935 |
| MPS | National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87002490 |
| Added to NRHP | January 28, 1988[1] |
Mingus Lookout Complex is a fire tower lookout complex atop Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest, in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1][2]
The fire tower is a 60 feet (18 m) Pacific Coast Steel tower built in 1935. It replaced a 41 feet (12 m) wooden tower. The tower has a 7 feet (2.1 m) by 7 feet (2.1 m) wooden cab with an overhanging front porch and a gable roof.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register along with 41 other fire lookout towers in a batch in 1988.[3]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Map". National Park Service. Retrieved March 8, 2017. with five photos from 1986
- ^ a b Teri A. Cleeland (December 5, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR". National Park Service. p. 44. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ^ "Mingus Mountain Lookout".