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Tall Peak Fire Tower

Tall Peak Fire Tower

United States historic place


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]

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


References

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



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