McCarthy Homestead Cabin

The McCarthy Homestead Cabin is a remnant of early settlement in what would become Glacier National Park. Jeremiah McCarthy built the log homestead in the North Fork area in 1908 after completion of the North Fork Road and passage of the Forest Homestead Act.[2]

McCarthy Homestead Cabin
Nearest cityWest Glacier, Montana
Coordinates48°48′27″N 114°19′21″W
Built1908
ArchitectJeremiah McCarthy
MPSGlacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.86003691
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1986[1]

The cabin is the only representative of pre-1910 homesteading activity on the west side of the Continental Divide in Glacier. During the 1930s a Civilian Conservation Corps camp was built nearby. At about the same time, the cabin, and others nearby, transitioned from homesteading inholdings to summer cabins for their owners. In the 1950s some of the CCC structures were relocated to the vicinity of the cabin. The National Park Service purchased the property in 1970.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "McCarthy Homestead Cabin". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-14. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: McCarthy Homestead Cabin" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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