Cairo Skywatch Tower Explained

Cairo Skywatch Tower
Location:	County Road 850N at County Road 100W at Cairo, Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Coordinates:	40.5406°N -86.925°W
Added:	March 21, 2002
Refnum:	02000202

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.^[1] In 1959, after the dissolution of the Civilian Ground Observation Corps, the watchtower was also abandoned.^[2]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cairo Skywatch Tower. 2016-07-01. John M. Harris . Angela Bowen . Ben Ross . PDF. July 2001. and Accompanying photographs
2. Web site: Poletika . Nicole . 2016-04-07 . “Wake Up! Sign Up! Look Up!:” Indiana and the Ground Observer Corps . 2024-06-05 . The Indiana History Blog . en-US.