Scouting and Guiding in Arkansas: Difference between revisions

|data2  = <div style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; background:#A8EDEF; line-height:1.5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places U.S. National Register of Historic Places]</div>

The '''Arkadelphia Boy Scout Hut''', located in [http://www2.cityofarkadelphia.com:8080/CityOfArkadelphia/departments-1/parks-and-recreation/parks-and-facilities/central-park Central Park], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkadelphia,_Arkansas Arkadelphia], Arkansas, is on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Registered_Historic_Places_in_Arkansas#Clark_County |National Register of Historic Places].  Since the roof and the original shutters and windows were replaced in 1953, in the Hut is preclude from being listed on the National Register under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register#Criteria Criterion Criterion C].  However, it listed under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register#Criteria Criterion A] as a "property that made a contribution to the major pattern of American history".<ref name=AHPP>{{cite web|title=Arkadelphia Boy Scout Hut|url=http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.aspx?id=1967|publisher=Arkansas Historic Preservation Program|accessdate=12 March 2013}}</ref>  

The Boy Scout Hut was constructed from 1938 to 1939 as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Youth_Administration National Youth Administration] (NYA) project.  It is an example of the typical type of buildings constructed by the New Deal's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration Works Progress Administration] (WPA), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps Civilian Conservation Corps](CCC) and NYA during the Great Depression.  However, it is the only known building constructed by the NYA and the only building designed in a Rustic style that remains standing in Arkadelphia that was designed and constructed during the New Deal era.<ref name=AHPP/>