The Cut Bank Ranger Station in Glacier National Park was one of the first buildings built in Glacier by the National Park Service. Built in 1917, the design is in keeping with park hotel structures built by the Great Northern Railway in a Swiss chalet style that predated the fully developed National Park Service Rustic style.[2]
Cut Bank Ranger Station Historic District | |
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| Location | N side Cut Bank Creek, Glacier NP, East Glacier, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 48°36′22″N 113°22′34″W / 48.60611°N 113.37611°W |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architect | National Park Service; Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Architectural style | Swiss Chalet Revival |
| MPS | Glacier National Park MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 95001566 |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 1996[1] |
The station was staffed year-round until the late 1930s when it became a summer-only station. It was one of the first National Park Service-built facilities in Glacier. The design pre-dates the standardized National Park Service Rustic style, using a similar but simplified construction technique resembling pioneer construction. It is similar to the Saint Mary Ranger Station.[3]
A barn was added in 1935 by Civilian Conservation Corps labor, along with a woodshed. Both structures were built to adaptations of Park Service standard designs.[3]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Cut Bank Ranger Station". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 10, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- ^ a b Ann Hubber (June 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Cut Bank Ranger Station Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service.
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