Chinook Armory - Chinook MT
Description
The W.P.A. constructed an armory in Chinook, Montana. Official Project Number 65-91-1602.
According to local newspaper articles, the new armory was initial used as a civic center for various community events, as well as a jail, and office space for the neighboring Blaine County Courthouse. Today the building still serves at the Blaine County Courthouse Annex as well as the Chinook ambulance barn.
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Great Falls Tribune – Oct. 10, 1936
Chinook Armory Article
Great Falls Tribune - Oct. 10, 1936
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Chinook Armory - Chinook MT
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-101).
Great Falls Tribune - Oct. 10, 1936
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 8, 2018.
Additional contributions by Cody McCracken.
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