McCarthy Homestead Cabin

McCarthy Homestead Cabin
Nearest city West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates 48°48′27″N 114°19′21″W / 48.80750°N 114.32250°W / 48.80750; -114.32250Coordinates: 48°48′27″N 114°19′21″W / 48.80750°N 114.32250°W / 48.80750; -114.32250
Built 1908
Architect McCarthy,Jeremiah
Architectural style Other
MPS Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP Reference # 86003691
Added to NRHP December 16, 1986[1]

The McCarthy Homestead Cabin is a remnant of early settlement in what would become Glacier National Park. Jeremiah McCarthy built the log homestead in the North Fork area in 1908 after completion of the North Fork Road and passage of the Forest Homestead Act.[2]

The cabin is the only representative of pre-1910 homesteading activity on the west side of the Continental Divide in Glacier. During the 1930s a Civilian Conservation Corps camp was built nearby. At about the same time, the cabin, and others nearby, transitioned from homesteading inholdings to summer cabins for their owners. In the 1950s some of the CCC structures were relocated to the vicinity of the cabin. The National Park Service purchased the property in 1970.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "McCarthy Homestead Cabin". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-14.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: McCarthy Homestead Cabin" (pdf). National Park Service.
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