Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station

The Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Tremper at Shandaken in Ulster County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 47-foot-tall (14.3 m), steel frame lookout tower erected in 1917 and a jeep trail that extends from the base of the mountain to a point below its summit. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Catskill Park from the hazards of forest fires.^[2]

Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Fire Observation Station
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Location	Mount Tremper, Shandaken, New York
Coordinates	41°15′50″N 74°18′36″W
Area	9.1 acres (3.7 ha)
Built	1917
Architect	Aermotor Corporation
MPS	Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
NRHP reference No.	01001032[1]
Added to NRHP	September 23, 2001

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

See also

• Catskill Mountain fire towers
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Ulster County, New York