Zilker Metropolitan Park: Girl Scouts Hut – Austin TX

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Description

The Civil Works Administration built the Girl Scouts Hut in Zilker Metropolitan Park in 1934. Architect Charles H. Page designed the National Park Service rustic style building, which overlooks the Barton Creek greenbelt. The hut is still used for meetings and camps by the Girl Scouts and can be rented for use by the public.

Source notes

Application for Naming a Public Facility or Property, City of Austin, p.8.
(https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=226520), accessed April 29, 2018.

Project originally submitted by Larry Moore on April 28, 2018.

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Location Info


Zilker Metropolitan Park
Austin, TX

Location notes: Building coordinates: 30.26376, -97.77947

Coordinates: 30.263841, -97.779426

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