Apgar Fire Lookout

The Apgar Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of fire lookout posts within the park.[1] The low two-story frame-construction structure with a pyramidal roof was built in 1929.[2] The design originated with the U.S. Forest Service and has been modified and re-used by the Forest Service and the National Park Service in a variety of contexts.[3]

Apgar Fire Lookout
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates	48°31′5″N 114°1′10″W
Built	1929
MPS	Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.	86003695
Added to NRHP	December 16, 1986[1]

The first lookout at this location was destroyed by fire in 1929, two weeks after its completion. It was immediately replaced with the present structure.[3] The present structure is boarded up and not used.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Apgar Fire Lookout". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-14.
3. Historical Research Associates (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Apgar Fire Lookout" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)