Hope Girl Scout Little House

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Hope Girl Scout Little House
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LocationNE corner of Jones St. and Fair Park, Hope, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°39′31″N93°36′25″W / 33.65861°N 93.60694°W / 33.65861; -93.60694 Coordinates: 33°39′31″N93°36′25″W / 33.65861°N 93.60694°W / 33.65861; -93.60694
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
Architectural styleRustic log cabin
NRHP reference No. 14001199 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 2015

The Hope Girl Scout Little House is a historic log house near the junction of Jones Street and Fair Park in Hope, Arkansas. It is a single-story log structure, built in 1938 with funding from the Works Progress Administration. [2] It was designed by Washington, DC architect Donn Barber as a demonstration home for a family with modest income, and afterward served for a quarter century as the principal meeting place of the local Girl Scout organization. [3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]

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