Tall Peak Fire Tower


Tall Peak Fire Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Athens, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°23′11″N 94°2′33″W / 34.38639°N 94.04250°W / 34.38639; -94.04250Coordinates: 34°23′11″N 94°2′33″W / 34.38639°N 94.04250°W / 34.38639; -94.04250
Area	less than one acre
Built	1938 (1938)
Architectural style	Rustic
MPS	Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference #	93001077^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 20, 1993

The Tall Peak Fire Tower is a historic fire tower in Ouachita National Forest. It is located at the top of Tall Peak in the southwestern part of the national forest in Polk County, Arkansas. It is a fieldstone structure, built about 1938 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and features the distinctive flared corners that typify CCC architecture. It is accessible via a forest service road off Polk County 64 (also known as Forest Service Road 38).^[2]

The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "NRHP nomination for Tall Peak Fire Tower" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-22.

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