Izaak Walton Inn
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Izaak Walton Inn | |
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The Inn and tracks | |
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| Location | Essex, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 48°16′43″N 113°36′42″W / 48.27861°N 113.61167°WCoordinates: 48°16′43″N 113°36′42″W / 48.27861°N 113.61167°W |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architect | Miller, Addison, Co. |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 85003235 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1985 |
The Izaak Walton Inn is a historic inn in Essex, Montana, USA. It was originally built by the Great Northern Railway in 1939 for lodging railway workers. In addition to railway lodging, the hotel was also originally envisioned to perhaps become an official southern gateway to Glacier National Park, but that plan never materialized.[2][3] Today, the inn is at the only flag stop along the route of Amtrak's Empire Builder.
A van from the Inn meets both the morning eastbound and the evening westbound Empire Builders to convey departing/arriving passengers between the platform and the Inn. The Izaak Walton Inn is open year round.
The Tudor Revival inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The inn has 33 rooms for rent within the inn itself, with some other space available in refurbished cabooses, EMD F45 Diesel Locomotive 441, etc. It is privately owned.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ "Great American Stations: Essex, MT (ESM)". Amtrak. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
- ↑ "History of the Izaak Walton Inn". Izaak Walton Inn. 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places, Montana - Flathead County". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
Further reading
- Atkinson, Gail S. (1985). Izaak Walton Inn: A History of the Izaak Walton Inn and Essex, Montana. Kalispell?, Mont.: G.S. Atkinson. OCLC 13581798.
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