St. Mary Utility Area Historic District

St. Mary Utility Area Historic District
Location E of St. Mary at Divide Creek, Glacier NP, St. Mary, Montana
Coordinates 48°44′17″N 113°25′45″W / 48.73806°N 113.42917°W / 48.73806; -113.42917Coordinates: 48°44′17″N 113°25′45″W / 48.73806°N 113.42917°W / 48.73806; -113.42917
Built 1937
Architect National Park Service; Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural style Other
MPS Glacier National Park MPS
NRHP Reference # 95001576
Added to NRHP January 19, 1996[1]

The St. Mary Utility Area Historic District comprises a support area of Glacier National Park with employee housing and support buildings in the prevailing National Park Service Rustic style.[2] The complex was built by Civilian Conservation Corps labor to replace the administrative facilities at East Glacier Ranger Station in a location more convenient to the new Going-to-the-Sun Road. The majority of development occurred between 1933 and 1941. Buildings include maintenance buildings, an oil house, a dormitory and barns. The area is surrounded by residences, not included in the district, built during the Mission 66 program and later.[3]

A ranger station was established in the area in 1913. A mess hall was built by 1925 to serve trail and road crews. With the completion of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in 1933, the administrative facilities were expanded to complement the main administrative headquarters on the west side of the park.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "St. Mary Utility Area Residence". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-10.
  3. 1 2 Ann Hubber (June 1995). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: St. Mary Utility Area Historic District (pdf). National Park Service.


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