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Coal Creek Patrol Cabin

Coordinates: 48°25′0″N 113°38′56″W / 48.41667°N 113.64889°W / 48.41667; -113.64889
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Coal Creek Patrol Cabin
Coal Creek Patrol Cabin is located in Montana
Coal Creek Patrol Cabin
Coal Creek Patrol Cabin is located in the United States
Coal Creek Patrol Cabin
Nearest cityWest Glacier, Montana
Coordinates48°25′0″N 113°38′56″W / 48.41667°N 113.64889°W / 48.41667; -113.64889
Built1925
ArchitectNational Park Service
Architectural styleOther
MPSGlacier National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.99000777
Added to NRHPJuly 01, 1999[1]

The Coal Creek Patrol Cabin in Glacier National Park, Montana, is a rustic backcountry log cabin. Built in 1925, the cabin has a single room with a board floor and a small cellar for a food cache.[2] The cabin was used by rangers on patrol routes from the Nyack and Paola ranger stations.[3]

The cabin is notable for its original roof construction, which consisted of peeled logs laid along the pitch of the roof, culminating in a log ridgepole. The added weight was borne by double log purlins, one on top of the other. The configuration was apparently intended to protect against deadfalls, falling trees or branches. The logs were replaced by shingles in the 1940s and by metal in the 1960s. While the Paola ranger station was abandoned in 1932, as well as the Nyack station, the Coal Creek cabin is maintained and used by trail maintenance crews.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Coal Creek Patrol Cabin". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-13.
  3. ^ a b Fladmark, Bruce (August 17, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Coal Creek Snowshoe Cabin". National Park Service. Retrieved 3 September 2010.