St. Mary Utility Area Historic District

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]

St. Mary Utility Area Historic District
LocationE of St. Mary at Divide Creek, Glacier NP, St. Mary, Montana
Coordinates48°44′17″N 113°25′45″W
Built1937
ArchitectNational Park Service; Civilian Conservation Corps
MPSGlacier National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.95001576
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1996[1]

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]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "St. Mary Utility Area Residence". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-10.
  3. 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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