East Glacier Ranger Station Historic District

East Glacier Ranger Station Historic District
Nearest city West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates 48°26′51″N 113°13′25″W / 48.44750°N 113.22361°WCoordinates: 48°26′51″N 113°13′25″W / 48.44750°N 113.22361°W
Built 1927
Architect Park Service Engineering Dept.
Architectural style No Style Listed
Governing body National Park Service
MPS Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP Reference # 86003696
Added to NRHP December 16, 1986[1]

The East Glacier Ranger Station in Glacier National Park is characteristic of park buildings constructed in the 1920s and 1930s. It was designed by Daniel Ray Hull of the National Park Service Office of Plans, as a frame building compatible in style with the prevailing National Park Service Rustic style.[2] It is the center of a group of related buildings, including several residential structures.

East Glacier, Montana was an arrival point for tourists arriving by rail in the park. Until the 1920 completion of US 2 and the Going-to-the-Sun Road, the east side of the park was isolated from the headquarters at West Glacier. The new ranger station complex at East Glacier was proposed to provide administrative services to the east side. In 1937, with the completion of the Going-to-the-Sun Road the more convenient Saint Mary Ranger Station took over maintenance duties, and four buildings at East Glacier were demolished by Civilian Conservation Corps workers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "East Glacier Ranger Station Residence/Office". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-09.
  3. ↑ Historical Research Associates (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: East Glacier Ranger Station Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service.