Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin

	Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Greenwood Lake, New York
Coordinates	41°11′42″N 74°16′44″W / 41.19500°N 74.27889°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1922
Architect	Aermotor Corporation
NRHP reference No.	06000644
Added to NRHP	July 28, 2006

The Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin is a historic fire observation station located on Sterling Mountain in Sterling Forest State Park at Greenwood Lake in Orange County, New York. Located at an elevation of 1,320 ft (400 m), the station includes a 60-foot-tall (18 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1922 and an observer's cabin built about 1934. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation and provided a front line of defense in preserving the Ramapo Mountains from the hazards of forest fires. The observer's cabin is of light frame construction, sheathed with board and batten siding stained brown.^[2]

In 1968 an access road was constructed to facilitate repairs, with both the tower and cabin being upgraded that same year. The station became a volunteer-run reserve lookout in 1989 when New York State ended its fire observation program.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ William E. Krattinger (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 20, 2010. See also: "Accompanying two photos".
^ History of Sterling Fire Tower. Forest Fire Lookout Association. 2005 – via Sterling Mountain Fire Observer's Cabin.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv_ny-2] William E. Krattinger (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 20, 2010. See also: "Accompanying two photos".

[3] History of Sterling Fire Tower. Forest Fire Lookout Association. 2005 – via Sterling Mountain Fire Observer's Cabin.

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