Holy Family Mission (Glacier County, Montana)

Holy Family Mission
Nearest city Browning, Montana
Coordinates 48°28′55″N 112°44′24″W / 48.481944°N 112.74°W / 48.481944; -112.74Coordinates: 48°28′55″N 112°44′24″W / 48.481944°N 112.74°W / 48.481944; -112.74
Area 44 acres (18 ha)
Built 1886
NRHP reference # 82003170[1]
Added to NRHP June 14, 1982

The Holy Family Mission, east of Browning in Glacier County, Montana, was founded in 1886. It served for 53 years as the center of missionary Catholicism on the Blackfeet Reservation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

The site includes the Mission Church, built in 1937, a one-story brick building with external buttresses. It includes a Girl's Dormitory, whose original section was built in 1898 and is 60 by 40 feet (18 m × 12 m).[2]

The listing included eight contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and a contributing site.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Connie Flaherty and Patricia Bick (October 1, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Holy Family Mission". National Park Service. Retrieved August 12, 2017. With 14 photos.
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