{"nrhp_refnum":"84001110","name":"Chenocetah Fire Tower","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Chenocetah Mountain","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cornelia","county":"Habersham County","state":"GA","lat":34.50222540100003,"lon":-83.50671196999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 54-foot granite fire tower with a wooden observation room, built in 1937-1938 on the summit of Chenocetah Mountain near Cornelia, Habersham County, Georgia, on a roughly 4.5-acre tract encircled by a loop road.","why_significant":"The tower was built under a 1930s federal conservation and resettlement project, the Northeast Georgia Upland Game Conservation Project. It is described as an intact example of rustic public works architecture built by local people using local materials. It was the most elaborate of the project's three fire towers and is tied to New Deal rural relief efforts.","narrative":"Rising 54 feet from the summit of Chenocetah Mountain near Cornelia, Georgia, this granite fire tower is topped by a wooden observation room with a slate hipped roof. A metal spiral stair leads up inside, and details include dentil molding and a segmental-arched entrance. Built in 1937-1938, it was one of three fire towers created under the Northeast Georgia Upland Game Conservation Project, a Depression-era effort to restore worn-out farmland through reforestation and public recreation. Tenant families were relocated to better land, and the project employed hundreds of local men. The tower was the most elaborate of the three and is regarded as a fine example of rustic 1930s public works design, built by local workers using local stone. Fire watchers used it seasonally until 1971, and a radio antenna was added around 1970. A memorial plaque honors Forest Service men who died in World War II. The grounds are now a passive park.","period_of_significance":"1937-1938","architect_builder":"Farm Security Administration (formerly the Resettlement Administration)","architectural_style":"1930s rustic public works (WPA-era) architecture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used for seasonal fire observation until 1971, when the Forest Service switched to aircraft; the surrounding area is now used as a passive park. Condition is listed as good and unaltered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.224326-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84001110.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001110/5f61fbb8af-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001110/5f61fbb8af-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"ТимофейЛееСуда","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chenocetah_Fire_Tower_G-26_stone_markings.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ТимофейЛееСуда</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chenocetah_Fire_Tower_G-26_stone_markings.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208530","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenocetah_Fire_Tower","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15378618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/habersham-county/chenocetah-fire-tower-84001110/"}