The Many Glacier Barn and Bunkhouse in
Glacier National Park, also known as Packer's Roost East, were constructed to serve backcountry pack trail activities near the
Many Glacier Hotel. The barn was designed in 1938 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 propertie ...
Branch of Plans and Design to replace a barn that had burned in the Swiftcurrent Valley fire of 1936, using a simplified form of the
National Park Service Rustic
National Park Service rustic – sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture – is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service (NPS) through its efforts to create buildings ...
style. The bunkhouse was built nearby, then moved directly adjacent to the barn.
See also
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Many Glacier Hotel
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Many Glacier Campground Camptender's Cabin
References
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
Residential buildings completed in 1938
National Park Service rustic in Montana
National Register of Historic Places in Glacier County, Montana
1938 establishments in Montana
National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park
Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
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