Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station
A small metallic shed with windows atop a sloping steel latticework. There is rock and shrubbery in the foreground
Tower in 2008
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station is located in New York
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station is located in the United States
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station
LocationPoke-O-Moonshine Mountain, Chesterfield, New York
Coordinates44°23′16″N 73°30′29″W / 44.38778°N 73.50806°W / 44.38778; -73.50806
Area3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1917
ArchitectAermotor Corporation
MPSFire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference No.01001034[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 2001

The Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire lookout tower on Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain at Chesterfield in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1917, a jeep trail that extends from the base of the mountain to a point below its summit, the remains of an observer's cabin possibly built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936, and a spring house. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Windmill Company.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Wes Haynes (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
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