Cairo Skywatch Tower

United States historic place
Cairo Skywatch Tower
Cairo Skywatch Tower, October 2008
40°32′26″N 86°55′30″W / 40.54056°N 86.92500°W / 40.54056; -86.92500
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1952 (1952)
NRHP reference No.02000202[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 2002

Cairo Skywatch Tower, also known as Delta Lima 3 Green Ground Observation Tower, is a historic watchtower located in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1952, and is a 40-foot tall wooden structure. It once had a glass-enclosed office. It was the first officially commissioned rural skywatch tower by the United States Air Force's Civilian Ground Observation Corps under the Operation Skywatch program.[2]: 5–6  In 1959, after the dissolution of the Civilian Ground Observation Corps, the watchtower was also abandoned.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes John M. Harris; Angela Bowen; Ben Ross (July 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cairo Skywatch Tower" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs
  3. ^ Poletika, Nicole (April 7, 2016). ""Wake Up! Sign Up! Look Up!:" Indiana and the Ground Observer Corps". The Indiana History Blog. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  • v
  • t
  • e
National Register of Historic Places in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
National
Historic Landmark
  • Tippecanoe Battlefield
  • John E. and Catherine E. Christian House (Samara)
Tippecanoe County map
Historic
districtsOther
properties
  • v
  • t
  • e
Topics


Lists
by county
Other lists


This article about a property in Tippecanoe County, Indiana on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e