FS Rd. 38A NW of Athens, Caney Cr. Wildlife Management Area, Ouachita NF, Athens, Arkansas. County/parish: Polk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 20, 1993. NRIS 93001077.
Part of Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS (NRIS 64500019).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Tall Peak Fire Tower is a historic fire tower in Ouachita National Forest. It is located at the top of Tall Peak in the southwestern part of the national forest in Polk County, Arkansas. It is a fieldstone structure, built about 1938 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and features the distinctive flared corners that typify CCC architecture. It is accessible via a forest service road off Polk County 64 (also known as Forest Service Road 38).
The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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