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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