Mingus Lookout Complex

Mingus Lookout Complex is a fire tower lookout complex atop Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest, in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1][2]

Mingus Lookout Complex
Fire lookout tower and buildings
Mingus Lookout Complex is located in Arizona
Mingus Lookout Complex
Mingus Lookout Complex is located in the United States
Mingus Lookout Complex
Nearest cityJerome, Arizona
Coordinates34°41′39″N 112°7′38″W
Built1935
MPSNational Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP reference No.87002490
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988[1]

The fire tower is a 60 feet (18 m) Pacific Coast Steel tower built in 1935. It replaced a 41 feet (12 m) wooden tower. The tower has a 7 feet (2.1 m) by 7 feet (2.1 m) wooden cab with an overhanging front porch and a gable roof.[3][4]

It was listed on the National Register along with 41 other fire lookout towers in a batch in 1988.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Map". National Park Service. Retrieved March 8, 2017. with five photos from 1986
  3. Teri A. Cleeland (December 5, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR". National Park Service. p. 44. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  4. "Mingus Mountain Lookout".
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