Twin Sisters Lookout
Twin Sisters Lookout | |
 Front of the Lookout | |
  Location within Colorado  Location within the United States | |
| Nearest city | Estes Park, Colorado |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°17′21″N 105°31′3″W / 40.28917°N 105.51750°W |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | US Forest Service |
| MPS | Rocky Mountain National Park MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001670[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 24, 1992 |
The Twin Sisters Lookout, also known as the Twin Sisters Radio Tower and the Twin Sisters Shelter Cabin, was built by the U.S. Forest Service in 1914[2], the year before the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park. The rustic stone structure was taken over by the National Park Service in 1925.[3] The one-story building has an arched roof with a trap door to provide access when snow has drifted over the ground-level door.[4]
From 1914 to 1969, the shelter served as accommodations for fire observation crews at a nearby lookout. The lookout, originally a frame building, was replaced with a steel building in 1950[5] that was in use through 1971. The lookout was dismantled and removed in 1977 by Youth Conservation Corps members.[6] The shelter is now used as a radio repeater station.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ "ESTES PARK GETS LOOKOUT STATION". Rocky Mountain News. July 17, 1914. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
- ↑ "TWIN SISTERS STATION NEAR LONGS PEAK TURNED TO PARK SERVICE". Boulder Daily Camera. April 28, 1925. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Twin Sisters Radio Tower". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. January 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011.
- ↑ "New $16,000 Lookout on Twin Sisters Will Be Finished Saturday". Estes Park Trail. June 23, 1950. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Pupils Roll up Sleeves For Park's Summer Activities". Estes Park Trail. June 29, 1977. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
- ↑ Steven F. Mehls (August 4, 1991). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Twin Sisters Lookout (pdf). National Park Service.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Twin Sisters Lookout at Wikimedia Commons
- Photographs of the Twin Sisters Lookout at the National Park Service's NRHP database
| Attractions |
| ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | |||||||||
| People | |||||||||
| Lodging and camping | |||||||||
| Natural disasters | |||||||||
| Transportation |
| ||||||||
| Nearby municipalities | |||||||||
| Geology and geography | |||||||||
| Topics | |
|---|---|
| Lists by state |
|
| Lists by insular areas | |
| Lists by associated state | |
| Other areas | |
| Lists of specific structure types | |
| Related | |
 | This article about a property in Colorado on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
- Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
- Government buildings completed in 1914
- National Register of Historic Places in Rocky Mountain National Park
- Geography of Larimer County, Colorado
- Rustic architecture in Colorado
- National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Colorado
- 1914 establishments in Colorado
- Roosevelt National Forest
- Colorado Registered Historic Place stubs
