Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin Explained

Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin
Coordinates:48.6864°N -113.5869°W
Built:1935
Architect:National Park Service
Added:July 1, 1999
Mpsub:Glacier National Park MPS
Refnum:99000776

The Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin, also known as the Baring Creek Cabin or Baring Cabin, in Glacier National Park was an example of the National Park Service Rustic style. Built in 1935 by local contractor Harry E. Doverspike, the cabin was the last remaining building of the Sun Camp Ranger Station complex of buildings, which at one time included a ranger station, barn and woodshed located near the mouth of Baring Creek. The fireguard cabin was built according to cabin specifications provided by the NPS Division of Landscape Architecture. The only apparent dissimilarity is the center-wall placement of the entry. There was no indoor plumbing and heat was provided by a wood stove whose stovepipe exited through the back log wall to a stone chimney.[1] [2]

On July 22, 2015, the cabin was destroyed by the Reynolds Creek Wildfire.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin. 2008-11-10. List of Classified Structures. National Park Service.
  2. [{{NRHP url|id=99000776}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin]. pdf. July 10, 1998 . Bruce Fladmark . National Park Service.
  3. Web site: Campbell . Malcolm R. . Historic Cabin Destroyed by Glacier Park Fire . Malcolm's Round Table . 23 July 2015 . 18 December 2023.