Hurricane Mountain Summit, Keene, New York. County/parish: Essex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 29, 2007. NRIS 06001145.
Part of Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS (NRIS 64500449).
1 contributing site. 3 contributing structures.
The Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Hurricane Mountain at Keene in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 35-foot-tall (10.7 m), steel frame lookout tower erected in 1919, two trails leading up the 3,694-foot (1,126 m) summit, and the ruins of a lean-to style observers cabin. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Park from the hazards of forest fires.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312894