St. Mary Utility Area Historic District

St. Mary Utility Area Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	E of St. Mary at Divide Creek, Glacier NP, St. Mary, Montana
Coordinates	48°44′17″N 113°25′45″W / 48.73806°N 113.42917°W / 48.73806; -113.42917Coordinates: 48°44′17″N 113°25′45″W / 48.73806°N 113.42917°W / 48.73806; -113.42917
Built	1937
Architect	National Park Service; Civilian Conservation Corps
MPS	Glacier National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.	95001576
Added to NRHP	January 19, 1996[1]

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.^[2] The complex was built by Civilian Conservation Corps labor to replace the administrative facilities at East Glacier Ranger Station in a location more convenient to the new Going-to-the-Sun Road. 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 program and later.^[3]

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.^[3]

See also[]

• Saint Mary Visitor Center, Entrance Station and Checking Stations

References[]

External links[]

Media related to St. Mary Utility Area Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

• Photographs of the St. Mary Utility Area at the National Park Service's NRHP database