Loneman Fire Lookout

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Loneman Fire Lookout
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Nearest city West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates 48°29′21″N113°46′4″W / 48.48917°N 113.76778°W / 48.48917; -113.76778
Built1930
MPS Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000353
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1986 [1]

The Loneman Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of staffed fire lookout posts within the park. The low two-story timber-construction structure with a pyramidal roof was built in 1933. [2] The lookout uses a standard design originated by the U.S. Forest Service. Built in 1930, it is one several similar structures built in a program to establish an overlapping chain of fire lookouts in the park. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  (#86000353)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Loneman Fire Lookout". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 14, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  3. Historical Research Associates (June 1984). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Loneman Fire Lookout (pdf). National Park Service.