Tall Peak Fire Tower

United States historic place


Tall Peak Fire Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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)
Built by	Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural style	Rustic
MPS	Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	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

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Tall Peak Fire Tower". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-22.