 The tower is the subject of a 1992 listing on the National Register of Historic Places, as one of the state's last surviving towers, and one of the last three to be taken out service for fire spotting (in 1982).Stratton Mountain claims a unique role in hiking trail history.In 1909, James P. Taylor (1872–1949) was on the mountain when he conceived the idea of a trail from Massachusetts to Canada, which became Vermont's Long Trail.