{"nrhp_refnum":"01001037","name":"Hadley Mountain Fire Observation Station","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Hadley Mountain","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hadley","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":43.37399550600003,"lon":-73.95041777799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-09-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Conservation","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fire observation station on the 2,680-foot summit of Hadley Mountain in the town of Hadley, Saratoga County, New York, in the Adirondack Forest Preserve. It includes a 42-foot steel tower erected in 1917, an observer's cabin from about 1950, a root cellar, a garden site and a 1.8-mile trail.","why_significant":"The station is significant under criteria A and C for its association with the New York State Forest Preserve and as a representative example of an early twentieth century fire observation tower with associated structures. It replaced the nearby Ohmer Mountain station after repeated fires in a 12,000-acre area. The tower was one of the lighter-duty steel towers the Conservation Commission began installing in 1916-1917.","narrative":"Hadley Mountain's 2,680-foot summit in Saratoga County holds a former fire observation station within the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Its centerpiece is a 42-foot steel tower, prefabricated by the Aermotor Corporation, purchased in 1916 and erected in 1917. The station replaced a nearby Ohmer Mountain station after a 12,000-acre area burned repeatedly. The tower was blown over in 1919 and re-erected, and a steel staircase was added in 1929. Other features include a rustic observer's cabin built around 1950, a dry-laid stone root cellar, a visible garden outline and a 1.8-mile trail that incorporates stretches of the old jeep road. The station was abandoned in 1990. In 1995 citizens formed a committee to restore the tower, and repair materials were airlifted to the summit in 1996. The cabin is now unused and open to the elements, while the trail is maintained for recreation. The station is significant as a representative early twentieth century fire tower complex.","period_of_significance":"1917-1950","architect_builder":"Aermotor Corporation (tower manufacturer)","architectural_style":"No style/utilitarian (fire tower); Rustic (cabin)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as not in use. The observer's cabin is unused, open to the elements and subject to vandalism. The tower is intact and was recently repaired. The trail remains in active recreational use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.200762-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01001037.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001037/10a4d31b46-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001037/10a4d31b46-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hadley_Mountain_Fire_Tower.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hadley_Mountain_Fire_Tower.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314534","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley_Mountain_Fire_Observation_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5637979"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/hadley-mountain-fire-observation-station-01001037/"}