- City:
- Babb, MT
- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, Border Inspection Stations
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- A. Paul Brown
- Contractor:
- Benjamin H. Sheldon
Description
The historic Chief Mountain (a.k.a. Glacier Park) U.S. Border Inspection Station on State Highway 17 northwest of Babb, Montana was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The rustic facility was completed in 1939, and also features a garage and pump house built around the same time.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 121-BS: Records of the Public Buildings Service: Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and thereunder by city, to 1966; Box 55. NRHP Multiple Property Nomination form: U.S. Border Inspection Stations https://www.gsa.gov/portal/mediaId/122346/fileName/64501205.action (.pdf pp. 21, 46-7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piegan%E2%80%93Carway_Border_CrossingSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 21, 2017.
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