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Barfoot Lookout Complex

Destroyed by fire
Buena Vista Peak, Portal, Arizona

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By dedhed1950 - Flickr: DSCF0508, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32013378

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Constructed by the CCC in 1935, Barfoot Lookout on the Coronado National Forest in Arizona was active for more than 65 years. It was a 14’x 14’ L-4 ground house with a roof-catch cistern once common in the dry Southwestern forests. This lookout was destroyed in the Horseshoe II fire in June 2011.[5] Only the foundation remains.

National Register information 

Status
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1988
Reference number
87002463
Areas of significance
Conservation; Politics/Government; Architecture
Level of significance
National
Evaluation criteria
A - Event; C - Design/Construction
Property type
Building
Historic functions
Institutional housing; Secondary structure
Current functions
Institutional housing; Secondary structure
Period of significance
1925-1949
Significant year
1935
Number of properties
Contributing buildings: 3
Contributing structures: 2

Tags 

20th Century (29,076)
Arizona (1,506)
Building (4,404)
Built 1935 (572)
Built during 1930s (5,358)
Civilian Conservation Corps (431)
 Cochise County, Arizona (75)
National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR (53)
National Forest Service (457)
Owned by federal government (3,221)
Portal, Arizona (3)

Update Log 

  • June 14, 2018: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Landmark burned in 2011.
  • June 14, 2018: New photo from Bill Eichelberger

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