Mingus Lookout Complex
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Mingus Lookout Complex
| nrhp_type = nrhp
| image = Mingus Lookout Complex.jpg
| caption = Fire lookout tower and buildings
| nearest_city = Jerome, Arizona
| coordinates = {{coord|34|41|39|N|112|7|38|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Arizona#USA
| area =
| built = 1935
| architect =
| architecture =
| added = January 28, 1988{{NRISref|2008a}}
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000046|title=National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR}}
| refnum = 87002490
}}
Mingus Lookout Complex is a fire tower lookout complex atop Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest, in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=87002490}}|title=Map |publisher=National Park Service |author= |date= |accessdate=March 8, 2017 }} with {{NRHP url|id=87002490|photos=y|title=five photos from 1986}}
The fire tower is a {{convert|60|ft|m}} Pacific Coast Steel tower built in 1935. It replaced a {{convert|41|ft|m}} wooden tower. The tower has a {{convert|7|ft|m}} by {{convert|7|ft|m}} wooden cab with an overhanging front porch and a gable roof.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64000046}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR |publisher=National Park Service |author=Teri A. Cleeland |date=December 5, 1990 |accessdate=March 8, 2017 |page=44}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nhlr.org/lookouts/us/az/mingus-mountain-lookout/ |title=Mingus Mountain Lookout}}
It was listed on the National Register along with 41 other fire lookout towers in a batch in 1988.
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Category:Towers completed in 1935
Category:Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Yavapai County, Arizona