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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Sherburne Road Camp Outhouse
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Structure Number:
| B0479
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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1.
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Road Camp Cook House and Mess House Outhouse
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2.
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B0173A
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Park:
| Glacier National Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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1.
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Sherburne Ranger Station
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Structure State:
| Montana
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Structure County:
| Glacier
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Region:
| Intermountain
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Cluster:
| Rocky Mountain
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Administrative Unit:
| Glacier National Park
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LCS ID:
| 867508
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Determined Eligible - SHPO
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National Register Date:
| 04/27/2010
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| State
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Short Significance Description:
| The Sherburne Road Camp is a significant resource both architecturally (NPS rustic) and historical associations with early park years. Criterion A and C. The mess hall is the remains of a permanent road camp established in 1931.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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1931
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AD
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NPS
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Architect
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Comfort Station (Latrine)
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Primary Current Use:
| Abandoned/Unmaintained
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Structure Contains Museum Collections?:
| No
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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| No records. |
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Building
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Volume:
| 1 - 2,000 cubic feet
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Walls
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Wood
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2.
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Roof
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Shake
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Short Physical Description:
| An outhouse associated with the Shermane Road Camp Cook and Mess House, located roughly 100' northeast of the main structures. Constructed of wood and topped with shake shingles, the structure measures approximately 4' x 6'.
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Long Physical Description:
| This structure is located on the hillside above the building, approximately 100 feet to the northeast. Topped with shake shingles, the building is clad with 4-inch tongue and groove wood siding, and a vertical plank door is located on the southeast elevation. A screened vent is located in the northeast gable end. A slide on the hillside north (behind) the mess house has caused the building to list sharply to the southeast.
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