Two Medicine Store

Two Medicine Store, formerly part of Two Medicine Chalets, is a historic building in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The chalet was originally built in 1914 by the Glacier Park Hotel Company, a subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway, as part of the railway's extensive program of visitor services development at Glacier. The chalet group originally featured a complex of log buildings, all built in the rustic style, which provided dining and lodging facilities.[2] Overnight accommodations at the chalet ended with the onset of World War II, and the other buildings at the site were intentionally burned in 1956.

Two Medicine Store in July 2017
Two Medicine General Store
Two Medicine Store
Nearest cityWest Glacier, Montana
Coordinates48°29′5.8″N 113°22′8.3″W
Built1912
Part ofGreat Northern Railway Buildings (ID87001453)
MPSGlacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.86000372[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1986
Designated NHLDCPMay 28, 1987

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a national radio address from Two Medicine Chalets on August 5, 1934, while on a visit to Glacier.[3]

The Two Medicine Store is a National Historic Landmark contributing property, being one of five sites in the Great Northern Railway Buildings National Historic Landmark. While other chalets, Granite Park Chalet and Sperry Chalet, were constructed of stone, the Two Medicine Chalet complex was of log construction.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Two Medicine Chalet General Store". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-10.
  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Radio Address from Two Medicine Chalet, Glacier National Park
  • Harrison, Laura Soullière (1986). "Great Northern Railway Buildings". National Park Service: Architecture in the Parks. National Park Service. Retrieved 2006-04-21.
  • "Chapter 3: Affected Environment" (PDF). Glacier National Park Final Commercial Services Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement. National Park Service. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2006-04-27.


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