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 |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Austin Weikert, Asa Powell |
| MPS | Glacier National Park MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 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]
The boathouse burned in the Howe Ridge Fire of 2018 and only the foundation remains. The ranger station itself and other buildings were saved.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 9, 2008. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012.
- ^ a b 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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