Apgar Fire Lookout

The Apgar Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of fire lookout posts within the park. The low two-story frame-construction structure with a pyramidal roof was built in 1929. The design originated with the U.S. Forest Service and has been modified and re-used by the Forest Service and the National Park Service in a variety of contexts. The first lookout at this location was destroyed by fire in 1929, two weeks after its completion. It was immediately replaced wit…