Goathaunt Bunkhouse

Coordinates: 48°57′39″N 113°53′53″W / 48.96083°N 113.89806°W / 48.96083; -113.89806
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Goathaunt Bunkhouse
Goathaunt Bunkhouse is located in Montana
Goathaunt Bunkhouse
Goathaunt Bunkhouse is located in the United States
Goathaunt Bunkhouse
LocationS end of Waterton Lake, Glacier NP, St. Mary, Montana
Coordinates48°57′39″N 113°53′53″W / 48.96083°N 113.89806°W / 48.96083; -113.89806
Built1930
ArchitectGlacier Park Hotel Co., George Baker
MPSGlacier National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.95001568
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1996[1]

The Goathaunt Bunkhouse was built as a service structure by the Glacier Park Hotel Company for the development of the Goathaunt site in Glacier National Park. This was part of the Great Northern Railway's broader development of the park as a tourist destination. The bunkhouse is the last surviving structure of this era at this location, near the southern end of Waterton Lake. Its design has been attributed to National Park Service landscape architect Thomas Chalmers Vint.[2]

The site is at the southern end of Waterton Lake, near the modern Goat Haunt Ranger Station. It was built to house the crew of the M.V. International, a small passenger launch that plied the route between the American and Canadian ends of Waterton Lake.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Goathaunt Bunkhouse". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 12, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  3. ^ Ann Hubber (June 1995). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Goathaunt Bunkhouse (pdf). National Park Service.