Photo courtesy of Krissy Reynolds
Registry Numbers | US 1775, VA 46 (view other lookouts in United States, Virginia) |
Date Registered | December 31, 2023 |
Nominated by | Krissy Reynolds |
Location | King William County, Virginia |
Coordinates |
N 37° 41.240' W 077° 00.934' (view using Google Maps) N 37° 41' 14" W 077° 00' 56" N 37.687333° W 077.015561° |
Elevation | 157 ft (48 m) |
Built | 1935 |
Administered by | King William County |
Cooperators | King William County Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board |
This 80-foot Aermotor tower was built in 1935.
From a 2014 historic survey by King William County: “The fire tower is a tall tapering metal truss structure with a square plane metal frame lookout cab at the top. The lookout cab is clad with metal sheeting and features multiple- light metal fixed windows across each elevation. The lookout cab has a pyramidal roof covered in seamed metal and is accessed by an open metal staircase located within the metal truss structure. The King William Fire Warden position was created in 1933 and the first fire tower was constructed shortly after.”