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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Skyland Camp Bowman Lake Ranger Station Boathouse
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Structure Number:
| B0549
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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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Bowman Lake Ranger Station Boathouse
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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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Skyland Camp Bowman Lake Ranger Station
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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:
| 003921
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 01/19/1996
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Local
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Short Significance Description:
| Built as a boathouse for the Bowman Lake RS, this building is a good example of NPS rustic architecture. Criteria A & C-government and architecture.
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Long Significance Description:
| Built as a boathouse for the Bowman Lake RS, this building is a good example of NPS rustic architecture. Criteria A & C-government and architecture.
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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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1930
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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:
| Boat Launching Area
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Primary Current Use:
| Boat Launching Area
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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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1.
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Equipment/Vehicle Storage
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Current
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2.
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Equipment/Vehicle Storage
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Historic
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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:
| 133
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Foundation
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Earth
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2.
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Walls
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Weatherboard
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3.
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Roof
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Shingle
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4.
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Framing
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Wood
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Short Physical Description:
| One story, rectangular plan, gable roof with wood shingles, vertical wood siding, vertical board & batten door, vertical board & batten door.
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Long Physical Description:
| One story, rectangular plan, gable roof with wood shingles, vertical wood siding, vertical board & batten door, vertical board & batten door.
Boathouse #549 is an interior-frame building, constructed of heavy 6” x 6” rough-milled posts connected to floor and ceiling level horizontal members (creating a series of “boxes” running the length of the building). The 8” exterior shiplap siding is visible behind this framing system. Heavy planks, laid across the beams form a partial storage loft. The remainder of the ceiling is open to the roof, exposing the wood-frame truss system. The floor is graveled and the boats are winched into the space along large free-rolling logs running perpendicular to the entrance.
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