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Apgar Fire Lookout

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Built
  
1929

Opened
  
1929

Added to NRHP
  
16 December 1986

NRHP Reference #
  
86003695

Area
  
1,214 m²

Nearest city
  
West Glacier

Apgar Fire Lookout

MPS
  
Glacier National Park MRA

Similar
  
Mount Brown Fire Lookout, Numa Ridge Fire Lookout, Kishenehn Ranger Station Hi, Kintla Lake Ranger Station, Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout

View from apgar fire lookout glacier national park


The Apgar Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of fire lookout posts within the park. The low two-story frame-construction structure with a pyramidal roof was built in 1929. 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.

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. The present structure is boarded up and not used.

References

Apgar Fire Lookout Wikipedia