Mingus Lookout Complex

United States historic place


Mingus Lookout Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Fire lookout tower and buildings
34°41′39″N 112°7′38″W / 34.69417°N 112.12722°W / 34.69417; -112.12722
Built	1935
MPS	National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP reference No.	87002490
Added to NRHP	January 28, 1988^[1]

Mingus Lookout Complex is a fire tower lookout complex atop Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest, in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]^[2]

The fire tower is a 60 feet (18 m) Pacific Coast Steel tower built in 1935. It replaced a 41 feet (12 m) wooden tower. The tower has a 7 feet (2.1 m) by 7 feet (2.1 m) wooden cab with an overhanging front porch and a gable roof.^[3]^[4]

It was listed on the National Register along with 41 other fire lookout towers in a batch in 1988.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Map". National Park Service. Retrieved March 8, 2017. with five photos from 1986
^ ^a ^b Teri A. Cleeland (December 5, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR". National Park Service. p. 44. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ "Mingus Mountain Lookout".