Logan Pass Visitor Center
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The Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park was constructed at the summit of the Going-to-the-Sun Road
during the Mission 66
park facilities improvement program. It was designed by Cecil Doty of the National Park Service
Western Office of Design and Construction (WODC), in collaboration with Burt L. Gewalt of Brinkman and Lenon, and was completed in 1964. The visitor center uses common Mission 66 themes such as a broad, gently sloping roof, native stone, and glulam timber construction.
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road through the heart of Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. It was completed in 1932, and it is the only road that crosses the park, going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. A fleet of 1930s red tour buses "jammers", rebuilt in 2001 to run on propane...
during the Mission 66
Mission 66
Mission 66 was a US National Park Service ten-year program that was intended to dramatically expand Park Service visitor services by 1966, in time for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Park Service....
park facilities improvement program. It was designed by Cecil Doty of the National Park Service
National Park Service
The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
Western Office of Design and Construction (WODC), in collaboration with Burt L. Gewalt of Brinkman and Lenon, and was completed in 1964. The visitor center uses common Mission 66 themes such as a broad, gently sloping roof, native stone, and glulam timber construction.