Carrisa Lookout Complex


  • Vicinity: Lincoln National Forest
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

The Carrisa Lookout complex contains the lookout, Observer's cabin, shed and outhouse. This 7' X 7' Aermotor MC-39 cab sits upon an 80 foot high steel tower erected in 1934. Carrisa's Observers cabin and shed were constructed in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The site's structures were restored in 2012, and will be considered for future rental program. The road to the lookout is gated and closed but access to the area by foot is possible. - US Forest Service


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1934/00/00
1935/00/00

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Particulars for Carrisa Lookout Complex:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Conservation
Owner Federal
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Institutional housing
Level of Significance National
Area of Significance Politics-government
Historic Use Secondary structure
Sight Category Structure



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th January 1988

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Carrisa Lookout Complex
Registry Address: Lincoln National Forest
Registry Number: 87002488
Resource Type: Structure
Theme Group: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
Owner: Federal
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Conservation, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1934, 1935, 1937
Historic Function: Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-Function: Institutional housing, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic, Government
Current Sub-Function: Institutional housing Secondary structure

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