The Quartz Lake Patrol Cabin in Glacier National Park is a significant resource both architecturally and historically as shelters, one-day's travel (8–12 miles) apart, for rangers patrolling the backcountry. 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 ...

log cabin was built in 1930 by local builder Austin Weikert, using

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 ...

standard plan G913. The cabin is adjacent to the western shore of

Quartz Lake Quartz Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Quartz Lake is only east of Middle Quartz Lake. Quartz Lake is a hike from the Bowman Lake Picnic Area. The historic Quartz Lake Patrol Cabin is on the western sho ...

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Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Residential buildings completed in 1930 Log cabins in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Flathead County, Montana Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana 1930 establishments in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park National Park Service rustic in Montana {{Montana-NRHP-stub