Cty. Rd. 850 N at Cty. Rd. 100 W, Cairo, Indiana. County/parish: Tippecanoe.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 21, 2002. NRIS 02000202.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Cairo Skywatch Tower, also known as Delta Lima 3 Green Ground Observation Tower, is a historic watchtower located in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1952, and is a 40-foot tall wooden structure. It once had a glass-enclosed office. It was the first officially commissioned rural skywatch tower by the United States Air Force's Civilian Ground Observation Corps under the Operation Skywatch program. In 1959, after the dissolution of the Civilian Ground Observation Corps, the watchtower was also abandoned.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004866