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• 1 media/2004.047.005.jpg 2023-02-18T12:11:32-08:00 Building 4: Recreation Center 2 Built in 1940. Fort Missoula received substantial appropriations from the Works Progress Administration in the late 1930s to reconstruct and rehabilitate many of the post’s older buildings and to construct new ones. This large log-built recreation center featured air conditioning, a basketball court on the first floor and a basement bowling alley. Further amenities included a kitchen, bar, and stage. At the time of its completion, it was the largest log structure in the state. Intended for CCC use, it primarily served the internees during the later Alien Detention Center period. The building was destroyed by fire on December 7, 1946. plain 2023-02-19T15:08:55-08:00 46.84096780160817, -114.05859010198427

  Built: 1940
  
  Function during the CCC Era: Recreation Center. Fort Missoula received substantial appropriations from the Works Progress Administration in the late 1930s to reconstruct and rehabilitate many of the post’s older buildings and to construct new ones. This large log-built recreation center featured air conditioning, a basketball court on the first floor and a basement bowling alley. Further amenities included a kitchen, bar, and stage. At the time of its completion, it was the largest log structure in the state. Intended for CCC use, it primarily served the internees during the later Alien Detention Center period. The building was destroyed by fire on December 7, 1946.
  
  Current function: Building is no longer standing.
  
  Did you know…?
  The Fort Missoula CCC boxing team won a Golden Gloves championship in this building by winning seven straight title bouts in March 1940.