Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District

Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District
Nearest city West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates 48°38′23″N 113°52′21″W / 48.63972°N 113.87250°W / 48.63972; -113.87250Coordinates: 48°38′23″N 113°52′21″W / 48.63972°N 113.87250°W / 48.63972; -113.87250
Built 1924
Architect Weikert,Austin; Powell,Asa
Architectural style Other
MPS Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP Reference # 86003699
Added to NRHP December 16, 1986[1]

The Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station in Glacier National Park was a formerly isolated site that became an administrative center with the opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The National Park Service Rustic cabin was typical of the preferred style for western park structures of the period.[2] The ranger station is similar to its counterparts at Belly River and Sherburne, as well as the Polebridge Ranger Station residence.[3]

The district includes the ranger station, a woodshed, boathouse, garage, cabin, fire cache and a pumphouse.[3]

References

  1. Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-09.
  3. 1 2 Historical Research Associates (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service.


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