Birch Grove Community Center

We have been making improvements over the last few years. Updated kitchen, new curtains and paint inside. Outside most of the building has been painted. New sign, lights on sign. Today street numbers put on sign!! New benches on porch and a new fire pit ring for hot dog roasts and smores! More sprucing up to come.

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Hey! It’s History Friday!

This week we have a picture of the Birch Grove School on District #66, circa 1913. It’s located at 594 Birch Grove Road in Kalispell. The school was opened on November 29, 1911, surrounded by, you guessed it, a grove of birch trees. It served as a school until March 10, 1970, where it was then annexed to School District #5.

One hundred and ten years later, it’s now run as the Birch Grove Community Hall. It’s also rented out for special events or parties. The old school looks like it’s taken on many tough winters. You can’t miss the dated metal monkey bars and slide, but the property is no longer surrounded by birch trees.

Source: Book, Northwest Montana Memories by the Daily Inter Lake

For more Montana history check out the 978.6 section of the library!