Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station

Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station

Azure Mountain Fire Tower, August 2008
Location Azure Mountain, Waverly, New York
Coordinates 44°32′48″N 74°29′0″W / 44.54667°N 74.48333°W / 44.54667; -74.48333Coordinates: 44°32′48″N 74°29′0″W / 44.54667°N 74.48333°W / 44.54667; -74.48333
Area 3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
Built 1918
Architect Aermotor Corporation
MPS Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP Reference # 01001036[1]
Added to NRHP September 23, 2001

The Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Azure Mountain at Waverly in Franklin County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1918, a jeep trail now used as a hiking trail, which extends from the base of the mountain to two former observers' cabins, and a foot trail from the cabins to the summit. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Forest Preserve from the hazards of forest fires.[2]

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

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