Mingus Lookout Complex

 cabin, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, lookout tower, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic U.S. Forest Service fire lookout tower and complex listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Elevation: 7,725 Feet asl

Built: 1935
Architect: Pacific Coast Steel Company (tower); U.S. Forest Service (cabin)
Areas of significance: Conservation; Politics/Government; Architecture
Area: less than 1 acre
Date added to NRHP: 1/28/1988
Other designations: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region Thematic Resource
Notes: This fire lookout complex was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1942. The program provided work for unmarried, unemployed men who were struggling to find work during the Great Depression.