The chalets , built between 1910 and 1913 , included Belton , St. Mary , Going-to-the-Sun , Many Glacier , Two Medicine , Sperry , Granite Park , Cut Bank , and Gunsight Lake . The railway also built Glacier Park Lodge , adjacent to the park on its east side , and the Many Glacier Hotel on the east shore of Swiftcurrent Lake . Louis Hill personally selected the sites for all of these buildings , choosing each for their dramatic scenic backdrops and views . Another developer , John Lewis , built the Lewis Glacier Hotel on Lake McDonald in 1913 – 1914 . The Great Northern Railway bought the hotel in 1930 and it was later renamed Lake McDonald Lodge . Some of the chalets were in remote backcountry locations accessible only by trail . Today , only Sperry , Granite Park , and Belton Chalets are still in operation , while a building formerly belonging to Two Medicine Chalet is now Two Medicine Store . The surviving chalet and hotel buildings within the park are now designated as National Historic Landmarks . In total , 350 buildings and structures within the park are listed on the National Register of Historic Places , including ranger stations , backcountry patrol cabins , fire lookouts , and concession facilities . In 2017 , Sperry Chalet closed early for the season due to the Sprague Fire which subsequently burned the entire interior portions of the structure , leaving only the stone exterior standing . Due to damage , the chalet was closed indefinitely and while the exterior stonework was stabilized in the fall of 2017 , the dates for rebuilding and reopening the chalet has yet to be determined
Sprague Fire
Sprague Fire
Glacier National Park (U.S.)