Polebridge Ranger Station Historic District

Ranger station

United States historic place
Polebridge Ranger Station Historic District
48°46′56″N 114°16′43″W / 48.78222°N 114.27861°W / 48.78222; -114.27861
Built1922
MPSGlacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.86000337
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1986[1]

The Polebridge Ranger Station in Glacier National Park was the first administrative area in the park, predating the park's establishment. The ranger station was destroyed by fire, leaving the residence.[2]

The historic district originally comprised five cabins, a barn, oil house, a woodshed converted to a checking station, garage, generator house, fire cache, washhouse, and the Strissel Residence, moved to the site in 1975. Many of the other structures were moved to the site in 1955. The fire cache was built at the site in 1927, with a greater level of detailing than was usual in such structures. The 1927 log barn was a significant existing structure.

The only survivors of the 1988 Red Bench Fire were the checking station and the ranger station residence. The residence is a log structure, built in 1922.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Polebridge Ranger Station Residence". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 9, 2008.
  3. ^ Historical Research Associates (January 19, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination and addendum: Polebridge Ranger Station Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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