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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Gunsight Pass Shelter
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Structure Number:
| B0520
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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| No records. |
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Park:
| Glacier National Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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| No records. |
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Structure State:
| Montana
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Structure County:
| Flathead
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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:
| 051627
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 02/14/1986
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| State
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Short Significance Description:
| The Gunsight Pass Shelter is eligible for listing in the NR under Criteria A, for early Government administrative/housing development & C, for NPS rustic architecture. Period of significance 1925-1949.
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Long Significance Description:
| The Gunsight Pass Shelter is eligible for listing in the NR under Criteria A, for early Government administrative/housing development & C, for NPS rustic architecture. Period of significance 1925-1949.
This shelter is a significant resource both architecturally (built of native materials) and historically as an early shelter cabin for trail visitors.
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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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1932
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AD
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2.
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Rehabilitated
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2006
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AD
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NPS
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Other
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Patrol Cabin
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Primary Current Use:
| Patrol Cabin
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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:
| 2,000 - 20,000 cubic feet
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Square Feet:
| 259
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Framing
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Log
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2.
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Walls
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Stone
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3.
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Roof
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Metal
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4.
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Foundation
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Stone
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Short Physical Description:
| One story stone and mortar shelter with a rectangular plan, log framed gable roof covered with corrugated metal, stone chimney, small multi-light fixed sash windows, doorway is a wood lined entry in the stone of the south elevation.
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Long Physical Description:
| One story stone and mortar shelter with a rectangular plan, log framed gable roof covered with corrugated metal, stone chimney, small multi-light fixed sash windows, doorway is a wood lined entry in the stone of the south elevation.
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