Logan Pass Visitor Center

Logan Pass Visitor Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates	48°41′43″N 113°43′4″W / 48.69528°N 113.71778°W / 48.69528; -113.71778
Area	less than one acre
Built	Designed between 1960 and 1962 and built between 1963 and 1966
Architect	Cecil Doty and Burt L. Gewalt
Architectural style	Modern Movement, Park Service Modern
MPS	Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.	08000334[1]
Added to NRHP	April 15, 2008

The Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park was constructed at the summit (Logan Pass) of the Going-to-the-Sun Road during the Mission 66 park facilities improvement program. The design concept was originated by architect Cecil J. Doty of the National Park Service Western Office of Design and Construction. Burt L. Gewalt of the Kalispell, Montana architectural firm Brinkman and Lenon was responsible for the construction documents, carried out between 1960 and 1962. Construction was completed in 1966. The visitor center uses common Mission 66 themes such as a broad, gently sloping roof, native stone, and glulam timber construction.^[2]

The Logan Pass Visitor Center was one of the most significant Mission 66 projects, involving the construction of a large visitor orientation facility with attendant parking lots, utility services and amenities at the summit of Logan Pass. The altitude of the pass is 6,646 feet (2,026 m), and is inaccessible from October to May in most years.^[3] The summit of Logan Pass had previously been used as a rest stop with toilet facilities. The size of the visitor center was somewhat reduced because the Saint Mary Visitor Center at the east end of the Going-to-the-Sun Road and the park headquarters at the opposite end at West Glacier provided appropriate orientation features in a less demanding physical environment.^[2]