Badger Mountain Lookout
Near summit of Badger Mountain, East Wenatchee, Washington
Map
Coordinates:
+47.51021, -120.2438747°30'37" N, 120°14'38" W
Quadrangle map:Orondo
Description
Badger Mountain Lookout and its site are significant to the history of the USDA Forest Service and its development of a comprehensive forest fire surveillance and detection system. The lookout embodies the distinctive characteristics of a uniquely functional property type designed for construction in a challenging mountain terrain. -- Historic American Buildings Survey
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1990
- Reference number
- 90001915
- Architectural style
- Other architectural type; Vernacular hipped roof
- Areas of significance
- Conservation; Politics/Government; Architecture
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Period of significance
- 1925-1949
- Significant year
- 1932
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing objects: 1