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Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Rustic style

Built
  
1933

NRHP Reference #
  
91000195

Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout

Nearest city
  
Mowich Lake Entrance, Washington

MPS
  
Mt. Rainier National Park MPS

The Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout is one of four fire lookout stations built in Mount Rainier National Park by the United States National Park Service (NPS) between 1932 and 1934. The two-story structure houses a lookout station on the upper level and storage at ground level. The design was prepared under the supervision of Edwin A. Nickel of the NPS Branch of Plans and Designs. The newly completed structure lost its roof to a windstorm and had to be repaired. It is secured against strong winds by cables attached to deadmen. The wood frame structure is used as a visitor contact point on weekends.

The Tolmie Peak Lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1991. It is part of the Mount Rainier National Historic Landmark District, which encompasses the entire park and which recognizes the park's inventory of Park Service-designed rustic architecture.

References

Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout Wikipedia


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