Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout

Coordinates: 48°44′53″N 113°52′35″W / 48.74806°N 113.87639°W / 48.74806; -113.87639
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Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout
Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout is located in Montana
Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout
Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout is located in the United States
Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout
Nearest cityWest Glacier, Montana
Coordinates48°44′53″N 113°52′35″W / 48.74806°N 113.87639°W / 48.74806; -113.87639
Built1945
MPSGlacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.86003688
Added to NRHPDecember 19, 1986[1]

The Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, is significant as one of a chain of staffed fire lookout posts within the park. The one-story timber-construction with a flat roof was built in 1945. The flat, overhanging roof is anchored to the stone foundation with cables.[2]

The lookout was to be built in 1940 by local contractor Ole Norden as part of a Public Works Administration project. However, Norden was unable to perform the work and it was completed in 1945 under a different contract.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Heaven's Peak 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: Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout (pdf). National Park Service.