Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station | |
Tower in 2008 | |
| Location | Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain, Chesterfield, New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°23′16″N 73°30′29″W / 44.38778°N 73.50806°W |
| Area | 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architect | Aermotor Corporation |
| MPS | Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001034 |
| Added to NRHP | September 23, 2001 |
The Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire lookout tower on Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain at Chesterfield in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a 40-foot-tall (12 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1917, a jeep trail that extends from the base of the mountain to a point below its summit, the remains of an observer's cabin possibly built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936, and a spring house. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Windmill Company.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.