File:June 1988 SOUTHWEST CORNER - Suntop Lookout, Forest Road 510, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Greenwater, Pierce County, WA HABS WASH,27-GREWA.V,1-9.tif

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June 1988 SOUTHWEST CORNER - Suntop Lookout, Forest Road 510, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Greenwater, Pierce County, WA
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June 1988 SOUTHWEST CORNER - Suntop Lookout, Forest Road 510, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Greenwater, Pierce County, WA
Description
Banks, K E
Depicted place Washington; Pierce County; Greenwater
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS WASH,27-GREWA.V,1-9
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Suntop Lookout is an element of a National Register thematic group, "USDA Forest Service Fire Lookouts on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest." This group of eight lookouts is associated with the historical development of the Forest Service, as a component of a comprehensive forest fire detection system which protected forest resources for over 25 years. The establishment of a network of elevated lookout stations between 1915 and 1940 significantly increased the area of forest which could be routinely observed for signs of fire, and speeded the dispatch of suppression forces. Lookouts in the thematic group also embody the distinctive characteristics of a building type designed for and constructed in challenging mountain environments. Suntop Lookout is an example of the 1932 revision of the Pacific Northwest Region L-4 lookout plan. It is one of five in the thematic group constructed according to this plan. The plan featured short pre-cut structural elements, to facilitate transport by pack string, and uniform millwork and finish materials, to facilitate construction by crews of variable ability. Suntop is also one of three lookouts in the thematic group utilized by the World War II-era Army Aircraft Warning Service and is thus associated with the war effort. The Aircraft Warning Service staffed lookouts around the clock, 365 days a year, posing challenges to the logistical and communications systems of the Forest Service.
  • Survey number: HABS WA-190
  • Building/structure dates: 1933 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1966 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1978 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1989 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 87001192.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wa0287.photos.168665p
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