United States historic place
| Twin Sisters Lookout | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Front of the Lookout | |
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| Nearest city | Estes Park, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′21″N 105°31′3″W / 40.28917°N 105.51750°W / 40.28917; -105.51750 |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | US Forest Service |
| MPS | Rocky Mountain National Park MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001670 |
| 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, the year before the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park. The rustic stone structure was taken over by the National Park Service in 1925. The one-story building has an arched roof with a trap door to provide access when snow has drifted over the ground-level door. From 1914 to 1969, the shelter served as accommodations for fire observation crews at a nearby frame lookout, which has since vanished. The building is now used as a radio repeater station.
See also
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "Twin Sisters Radio Tower". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. January 11, 2009.
- Steven F. Mehls (August 4, 1991). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Twin Sisters Lookout (pdf). National Park Service.
External links
Media related to Twin Sisters Lookout at Wikimedia Commons
- Photographs of the Twin Sisters Lookout at the National Park Service's NRHP database
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