Parkitecture in Northwest Montana
A Project Inspired by Sperry Chalet Sperry Chalet was built in Glacier National Park in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway. It is one of several backcountry lodges built by the railroad as a way to increase passenger traffic . The stone used to construct the Sperry...
Saving the Creamery
Homestead-era stone buildingThe “Creamery” was built in the 1880’s by European immigrants who settled in Montana during late 19th century. Milk collected from surrounding homesteads was processed and sold to residents of Great Falls, ten miles to the...
Enigmatic Hovenweep
On a windswept canyon rim in far southeastern Utah stand the remains of some of the most baffling stone structures in North America. Ancestral Puebloans The Anasazi (now more properly called Ancestral Puebloan) populated the Four Corners area of the southwestern US...
Dry Stone Masonry at Jenny Lake
Grand Teton National Park Jenny Lake is the premier front country destination in Grand Teton National Park, used by most of the park’s nearly five million annual visitors. Trails and overlooks around Jenny Lake provide some of the park’s most spectacular...