Izaak Walton Inn

The Izaak Walton Inn is a historic inn in Essex, Montana, USA. It was originally built by the Great Northern Railway in 1939 for lodging railway workers. In addition to railway lodging, the hotel was also originally envisioned as a potential official southern gateway to Glacier National Park, but that plan never materialized.[2][3] Today, the inn is at the only request stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder route. A van from the inn meets both the morning eastbound and the evening westbound Empire Builders to convey passengers between the Essex station and the inn.

Izaak Walton Inn
The Inn and tracks
LocationEssex, Montana
Coordinates48°16′43″N 113°36′42″W
Built1939
ArchitectMiller, Addison, Co.
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.85003235[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1985

The Tudor Revival inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The inn has 33 rooms for rent within the inn itself, with some other space available in refurbished cabooses, EMD F45 Diesel Locomotive 441, etc. It is privately owned.[4] The Izaak Walton Inn is open year-round, except for several weeks during the off season.

Izaak Walton Inn
  • GN441 Locomotive converted to a luxury lodge
  • The Empire Builder passing the Izaak Walton Inn
  • The Izaak Walton Inn is built next to a railroad helper station
  • Track-facing side of the Izaak Walton Inn
  • Vintage shuttle from Essex station to the Izaak Walton Inn

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Great American Stations: Essex, MT (ESM)". Amtrak. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  3. "History of the Izaak Walton Inn". Izaak Walton Inn. 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  4. "National Register of Historic Places, Montana - Flathead County". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-22.

Further reading
  • Atkinson, Gail S. (1985). Izaak Walton Inn: A History of the Izaak Walton Inn and Essex, Montana. Kalispell?, Mont.: G.S. Atkinson. OCLC 13581798.
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