Union Lookout
Appearance
Union Lookout | |
![]() View from the west in autumn | |
Nearest city | Jonesboro, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 37°28′47.5″N 89°21′28″W / 37.479861°N 89.35778°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1934 |
Architect | Conrad Fischer |
Architectural style | Steel X-brace tower |
NRHP reference No. | 02001759[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 5, 2003 |
Union Lookout is a lookout tower located within Trail of Tears State Forest in Union County, Illinois, United States. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the tower circa 1934 as part of a network of fire lookout towers in Shawnee National Forest; the fire towers were one of many CCC conservation projects in the forest, which also included planting trees, constructing bridges and trails, and preventing erosion. The tower was used through the 1960s, by which time airplanes had largely replaced towers as a means of detecting fires; it is now the only remaining lookout tower in the forest.[2] On February 5, 2003, Union Lookout was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
See also
[edit]- Hickory Ridge Fire Tower in Indiana's Hoosier National Forest
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Schroeder, Marge (May 13, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Lookout" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
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Categories:
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Towers completed in 1934
- Buildings and structures in Union County, Illinois
- Fire lookout towers in Illinois
- Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places
- Shawnee National Forest
- Civilian Conservation Corps in Illinois
- National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Illinois
- 1934 establishments in Illinois
- Southern Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs