Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District

The Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station in Glacier National Park was a formerly isolated site that became an administrative center with the opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The National Park Service Rustic cabin was typical of the preferred style for western park structures of the period.[2] The ranger station is similar to its counterparts at Belly River and Sherburne, as well as the Polebridge Ranger Station residence.[3]

Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city	West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates	48°38′23″N 113°52′21″W
Built	1924
Architect	Austin Weikert, Asa Powell
MPS	Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.	86003699
Added to NRHP	December 16, 1986[1]

The district includes the ranger station, a woodshed, boathouse, garage, cabin, fire cache and a pumphouse.[3]

The boathouse burned in the Howe Ridge Fire of 2018 and only the foundation remains. The ranger station itself and other buildings were saved.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-09.
3. Historical Research Associates (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)