Two Medicine Store, formerly part of Two Medicine Chalets, is a historic building in
Glacier National Park in the
U.S. state
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of
Montana
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. The chalet was originally built in 1914 by the
Glacier Park Hotel Company, a subsidiary of the
Great Northern Railway
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, as part of the railway's extensive program of visitor services development at Glacier. The chalet group originally featured a complex of log buildings, all built in the rustic style, which provided dining and lodging facilities. Overnight accommodations at the chalet ended with the onset of
World War II
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, and the other buildings at the site were intentionally burned in 1956.

President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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gave a national radio address from Two Medicine Chalets on August 5, 1934, while on a visit to Glacier.
''Franklin D. Roosevelt: Radio Address from Two Medicine Chalet, Glacier National Park''
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The Two Medicine Store is a National Historic Landmark
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contributing property, being one of five sites in the Great Northern Railway Buildings
The Great Northern Railway Buildings are a set of five building complexes in or near Glacier National Park in Montana. They were built by the Great Northern Railway during the period of the park's founding to provide a unified tourist experience ...
National Historic Landmark. While other chalets, Granite Park Chalet
Granite Park Chalet is located in the heart of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana at an elevation of 6,693 feet above sea level. The chalet was built in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway and is a National Historic Landmark contr ...
and Sperry Chalet
Sperry Chalet is located about seven miles east of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The chalet was opened in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway and was a National Historic Landmark contributing property, bein ...
, were constructed of stone, the Two Medicine Chalet complex was of log construction.
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
National Historic Landmarks in Montana
Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
Commercial buildings completed in 1914
Rustic architecture in Montana
Historic district contributing properties in Montana
National Register of Historic Places in Glacier County, Montana
1914 establishments in Montana
National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park
Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
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