Sugarloaf Fire Tower Historic District

End of Forest Service Rd. 1123, Ozark--St. Francis NF, Calico Rock, Arkansas. County/parish: Stone.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 11, 1995. NRIS 94001615.

3 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • ST0285

From Wikipedia:

Sugarloaf Fire Tower Historic District

The Sugarloaf Fire Tower Historic District encompasses a collection of historic buildings located near the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain, a hill 1150 feet in elevation in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest of northeastern Stone County, Arkansas. The main structure is a braced metal-frame fire tower, alongside which stand a residence, privy, and vaulted stone storage cellar. These structures were all built in 1937 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and is particularly unusual because the fire watch facility included a residence.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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