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.
The complex was built 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 to replace the administrative facilities at
East Glacier Ranger Station in a location more convenient to the new
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Going-to-the-Sun Road is a scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in Glacier National Park in Montana. The Sun Road, as it is sometimes abbreviated in National Park Service documents, is the only road that trave ...
. 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
Mission 66 was a United States National Park Service ten-year program that was intended to dramatically expand Park Service visitor services by 1966, in time for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Park Service.
When the National P ...
program and later.
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.
See also
*
Saint Mary Visitor Center, Entrance Station and Checking Stations
References
External links
* at the National Park Service's NRHP database
Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana
National Park Service rustic in Montana
Government buildings completed in 1937
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
National Register of Historic Places in Glacier County, Montana
1996 establishments in Montana
National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park
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