Logan Pass Visitor Center, National Park Service visitor center at Logan Pass, Montana, US.
Logan Pass Visitor Center is a Mission 66 building completed on August 27, 1966, at the 6,646-foot summit of Logan Pass. Its main section steps up the hillside with two levels inside a single-story shell: the lower Fireplace Room faces northeast around a concrete hearth with a copper hood, and the upper Exhibit Room holds interpretive exhibits. The roof slopes broadly, and the walls use native stone and glulam timber.
The summit of Logan Pass had served as a simple rest stop with toilets before Mission 66 funded a full orientation facility there. Architect Cecil J. Doty of the National Park Service's Western Office of Design and Construction originated the design; Burt L. Gewalt of Brinkman and Lenon in Kalispell, Montana, produced the construction documents. Hefte Construction of Spokane began work in July 1963 under a contract of about $136,600, and the center was completed on August 27, 1966. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 2008.
The center's name comes from Logan Pass, the 6,646-foot summit of the Going-to-the-Sun Road where it stands. Its Mission 66 design by Cecil J. Doty uses a broad, gently sloping roof, native stone and glulam timber, and the bright paint colors of 1966 were soon toned down to the Park Service brown palette. The information desk moved from the Fireplace Room to the upper Exhibit Room in 1992.
The facility provides restrooms, hiking information, maps, and a selection of books and souvenirs for visitors exploring the park. Keep in mind that it remains closed from October to May due to extreme weather conditions at this high elevation.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 2008, at age 44, below the usual 50-year threshold, because of its design and its position at the summit of Logan Pass. Its chimney was enlarged and its walls built with stone-embedded concrete, a method developed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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