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NPS Fonn 10-900 (Rev. 8-86)

OMB 'NO. 1024-0018

Jnited States Department of the Interior National Park Service

HATIONAL REdfBTER OF Hf8TORIC PLACES REQISTRATf OW FORn

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his tor ic name: Suqarloaf Fire Tower ~istoric District: Ozark-St. Wancis yat ionak Forest

other

not for publication:

clty/town: Calico Rock vicinity: X

state: county: Stone code: AR 137 zip code: 72519

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Ownership of Property: Public-Federal

Category of Property: District

Number of Resources within Property:

Contributing Noncontributing

1 buildings sites structures objects

1 T o t a l

Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register:

Name of related multiple property listing: Facilities Canstmcted bv the Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas, 1933-1942

4 . BtateSFaderal Agency Certification --------------- ------ -------------------------- --------- -- Is the designated a u t h o r i t y under the National Historic Preservation A c t - ~ f 1986, as amended, T hereby certify t h a t this X nomination request f o r determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set f o r t h in 36 CFR Part 60. In nay opinion, the property X meets

does no t meet the National Register Criteria. S e e continuation sheet.

Signature of certifying official Date

State or Federal agency and bureau

In my opinion, the property X meets does not m e e t the National Register - criteria.. - See cantinuation sheet.

9 - a0.1 or other off lcf a1 Dale

mkansas Hiatorfe Preservation P r m a m S t a t e or Federal agency and bureau

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I, hereby certify that this property is:

- entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. determined eligible for t h e National Register - See continuation sheet.

determined not eligible for the National ~egister

removed from the National R e g i s t e r

other (explain) :

Signature of Keeper D a t e of Actfan

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- Current : VACANT/NOT IN USE Sub:

Zrchitectural classification:

Other Description: Rustic Resort

Materials: foundation Stone/Concrete roof As~halt walls Stone/Wood other Steel tower framina

~escribe present and historic physical appearance. A See continuatfon sheet.

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Certifying o f f i c i a l has considered the significance of this property in relat ion to other properties: W a l l v

Applicable Register Criteria:

Criteria Considerations (Exceptions): NJA

Areas of Significance: SOCIAL HISTORY ~ r n I T E C T U R E CONSERVATION

~eriod(s) of significance: 1939-1942

Significant Dates: NJA

Significant Person [s) : NJA

cultural Affiliation: r J l d H

C i v i l i a n Conservation C o r n s

State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. X See continuation sheet. -

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3ee w~acklities Constructed by the c iv i l ian Conservation Carps in Arkansas, 1933-1942,w Section H.

- See continuation sheet.

Previous doamentation on f i l e (NPS):

- preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFEl 6 7 ) has been requested.

- previously listed in the National Register - previously determined eligible by the National Register - designated a National Historic Landmark - recorded by Histdric American Buildings Survey # - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record f

Primary Location of Additional Data:

X State historic preservation office - Other state agency - Federal agency - Local government - University - Other -- Specify Repository:

10. Geographical Data ------ ------------ _ I _ - - ---==----= Acreage of Property: Aw~roximatelv two

UTM References: Zone Ensting Northing Zone EastPng Northing

- See continuation sheet.

Verbal, Boundary ~escription: - See continuation sheet.

Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of a line running parallel w i t h the eastern elevation of the fire tower and located 50 feet to the east thereof w i t h a perpendicular l ine running parallel w i t h the privy" northern elevation and located 50 feet to the north thereof, proceed westerly along latter l i n e for a distance of approximately 400 feet to its intersection w i t h zt perpendicular line running parallel w i t h the western elevation, of the storage cellar/storm shelter; thence proceed southerly along said l i n e for a distance of approximately 2 0 0 feet to its intersection w i t h a perpendicular line running paral le l w i t h the residence's southern elevation; thence proceed easterly along said line f o r a distance of approximately 400 feet to its intersection with a perpendicular line running p a r a l l e l with the eastern elevation of the fire t o w e r ; thence proceed northerly along said line for a distance of approxhately 200 feet to the point of beginning.

Boundary See continuation sheet.

This boundary includes the histor ic resources, the end of the Forest Service Road leading i n t o the complex [which effectively serves as a driveway) and a representative amount of the historically-associated surrounding property.

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11. Form Prepared Bp

Organization: Arkansas Historic ~ r e s e ~ a t i o n Prosram Date: Auaust 30 . 3.993

Street & N m b e r : 323 Center Street, Suite 1500 Telephone: I5611 324-9880

City or Town: L i t t l e Rock State: & ZIP: 72201

- UnRed Sts te~ Department of the Interior National Park Service

Natlonal Register of Historic Places' Continuation Sheet

Seetian number age 1

The Suprloaf Fire Tower Historic District (Omk-St. F d s National Forest) is composed of five cuntr5buting resources and one nonantributing resotlice, all of which comprise a farest fm obmtion mter located shategically on a two-acre site atop Sugarloaf Mountain (elevation 1,150 feet). Accessed from State Highway #5 by Forest Service Road #1123, the five building complex is anchored by the central, hipped-roof fue tower that rises one hundred feet from base to top. As was typical for such construction during this period, the tower itself consists of a braced metal frame, pyramidal in shape, that supports the enclosed, wood frame and glass observation structure from which the fire: ranger could view the surrounding landscape in all directions. Surrounding it are the singlestory, wood frame and stone veneer residence and privy, and tsle vaulted stone storage cellarlstorm shelter. The residence features a simple, rectangular plan with the single entrance located at the northem end of the western elevation and a single stone chimney rising through the southern slope of the gable mf. An original well is located adjacent to the building's northwest corner. The privy is unique in hat its design includes a chimney for incinerating the waste, a feature not commonly found 51 extant CCC mnsmction in Arhsas . The combination storage cellarJstcmn shelter is also uncommon in that its vaulted ceiling is formed from stones cut into voussuirs that are laid over a reinforced concrete wre. It features a low stair and stoop that provides access to the fmt door and a singIe, central window opening at the bck. The non-cunttl'buting structure is a single-story, shed roof, concrete blwk storage building located just to the east of the tower.

United Status Department of the Interfor National Park Senrice

- National Register of Historic Placesv . Continuation Sheet

Section number page 1

The five contributing murces that comprise the Sugarloaf Fire Tower Histork District (Ozark- St. Francis National Forest) were loonstructed in 1937 by the m l l e e s of the 743rd Company of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), ArEransas District, working out of Camp Hedges in Calico Rock, Arkansas. Camp Hedges - established for the purpose of providing manpower for projects within the northern ranger districts of what was then the &ark National Forest -- was a typical CCC camp in that it sheltered approximately 200 enrollees who worked out of Camp Hedges itself and at least !ma known side camps (side camps were composed of small units of enrollees who were assigned to a temporary campsite away from the main camp for the purpose of completing a specific project locaM too far from the main camp for a M y commute). As a f i e con~ol facility constructed by the CCC it represents a property type associated with the histoic wn-t Fadlitiar Constructed by he Civilian Comervation C o p in Arkamas, 1933- 1942. It was canstructed u p n this elmated site to function as a fire and obsemalion tower to help prevent the forest fires that heretofore had ravaged the forest with devastating effect, How=, as a prom type it is relatively musud as it dso includes such residential support facilities for the fire ranger as a residence and welt, a privy, and a cambination provision stomge and storm shelter structure. As such, the Sugarloaf Fire Tower Historic District remains locally significant under Criterion A thrwgh its associations with the contributions to American social history made by the Civilian Consemation Corps and its associations with the emphasis u p conservation of our natural resources that was the original mandate of the CCC. It is also significant under Criterion C by virtue of its status as an excellent example of the typical Rustic style CCC architecture in a remarkable state of preservation and as an intact fire contmVresidential complex.

Sugarloaf Fire Tower Historic District Calico Rock vic., Stone County, Arkansas

Appmximate Scale: 1" = 100'

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