# Prospect Peak Fire Lookout

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United States historic place

Prospect Peak Fire Lookout U.S. National Register of Historic Places Show map of California Show map of the United States Nearest city Mineral, California Coordinates 40°34′24″N 121°20′42″W / 40.57333°N 121.34500°W / 40.57333; -121.34500 Area less than one acre Built c. 1912 NRHP reference No. 78000295[1] Added to NRHP March 30, 1978

The **Prospect Peak Fire Lookout** is a [fire lookout](/source/Fire_lookout) station located on Prospect Peak in [Lassen Volcanic National Park](/source/Lassen_Volcanic_National_Park), near the city of [Mineral](/source/Mineral%2C_California), [California](/source/California). The lookout, which was built circa 1912, is one of the oldest extant [U.S. Forest Service](/source/U.S._Forest_Service) fire lookouts in the United States. The wood-frame building is square with a pyramidal roof; its walls are mostly composed of tall windows, with [shiplap](/source/Shiplap) siding below the windows and on the roof. This design was a standard design used by U.S. Forest Service fire lookouts at the time, and several of the other contemporary lookouts in the national park also used this style of construction. The lookout is likely now the only surviving station with this design. Though the station was ultimately abandoned and has lost its original windows and roof shingles, it is otherwise intact.[2]

The lookout was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) on March 30, 1978.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nris_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nris_1-1) ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). July 9, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Chappell, Gordon (June 16, 1977). ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Prospect Peak Fire Lookout"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/78000295_text). [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). Retrieved May 16, 2013.

## External links

- [Photos from the NRHP nomination](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/78000295_photos)

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