The Cut Bank Ranger Station in
Glacier National Park was one of the first buildings built in Glacier by the
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...
. 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.
The station was manned year-round until the late 1930s when it became a summer-only station. It was one of the first
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...
-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.
A barn was added in 1935 by
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
labor, along with a woodshed. Both structures were built to adaptations of Park Service standard designs.
References
Ranger stations in Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
Government buildings completed in 1906
Swiss Chalet Revival architecture
Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
National Register of Historic Places in Glacier County, Montana
1906 establishments in Montana
National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park
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