Josey Boy Scout Lodge – Huntsville, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 42.561 W 095° 33.108
15R E 255615 N 3400172
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) built the Josey Boy Scout Lodge in Huntsville in 1934.
Waymark Code: WM103K0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/19/2019
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Living New Deal"Huntsville native and self made millionaire Robert A. Josey donated $5000 for the construction of a Boy Scout lodge in 1933. “The material for the construction was donated by J. P. Gibbs of Gibbs Brothers and Co. and included treated logs and stones from local forests and quarries. Lewis. E. Meekins of Austin was hired as contractor to build the log cabin style lodge. The structure was designed by architect Mike Mebane and based on a scale model made by the Scouts themselves.”
The lodge has five rooms, and three fireplaces. “The structure was built in 75 days as a CWA project with a construction team of about 50 local men. The CWA provided an additional $8,415 for labor costs and $2,100 for materials for construction of the building.” The building was dedicated on June 17, 1934."