Clay Butte Lookout
National Register of Historic Places

Clay Butte Lookout

Clark, Park County, Wyoming
Listed
January 8, 2014
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13001065

About this property

The Clay Butte Lookout is a forest fire lookout in Park County, Wyoming. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is located in the northern Absaroka Range in the Shoshone National Forest about sixteen miles east of Yellowstone National Park and about four miles south of the Wyoming-Montana state border. It is about one half mile north of U.S. Highway 212, at the end of FS Rd. 142 which winds up to it. Its construction was started in 1941 within the Civilian Conservation Corps program, but the CCC was closed before it was completed in 1943. It is a three-story wood-sided structure built out of eight inch by eight inch beams. It is 26.25 feet (8.00 m) tall.

Location

Clark, Park County, Wyoming
44.94472, -109.62688

Categories

CONSERVATIONARCHITECTUREPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Clay Butte Lookout listed on the National Register?

Clay Butte Lookout was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 2014.

What type of historic resource is Clay Butte Lookout?

Clay Butte Lookout is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Clay Butte Lookout?

The period of significance for Clay Butte Lookout is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1943.

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