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Great Northern Railway Buildings
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The Great Northern Railway Buildings are a set of five building complexes in or near Glacier National Park in Montana. They were built by the Great Northern Railway during the period of the park's founding to provide a unified tourist experience to visitors to the park, using the Swiss chalet as a building model. The building complexes, each separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places, are:
Great Northern Railway Buildings | |
![]() Granite Park Chalet | |
Location | Glacier National Park, Montana |
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Coordinates | 48°46′15″N 113°46′20.5″W |
Built | 1913 (1913) |
Architect | Samuel L. Bartlett, et al. |
Architectural style | Swiss Chalet Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 87001453 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 28, 1987[1] |
Boundary increase | May 16, 2000 |
Designated NHLD | May 28, 1987[2] |
Four of these complexes were declared a discontiguous National Historic Landmark District in 1987, notable as the largest such concentration of Swiss chalet architecture in the country.[2][3] In May 2000, the designation was amended to include the Belton Chalets, which differs from the other buildings in being located just outside the park.[4]