Apgar Fire Lookout

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Apgar Fire Lookout
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Nearest city West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates 48°31′5″N114°1′10″W / 48.51806°N 114.01944°W / 48.51806; -114.01944
Built1929
MPS Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No. 86003695
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1986 [1]

The Apgar Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is one of a chain of fire lookout posts within the park. [1] The low two-story frame erection with a pyramidal roof was built in 1929. [2] The design originated with the U.S. Forest Service and has been modified and re-used by the Forest Service and the National Park Service in a variety of contexts. [3]

The first lookout at this location was destroyed by fire in 1929, two weeks after its completion. It was immediately replaced with the present structure. [3] The present structure is boarded up and not used.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Apgar Fire Lookout". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 14, 2008. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Historical Research Associates (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Apgar Fire Lookout" (pdf). National Park Service.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)