The Little House on the Corner
McCamey, Upton County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built 1940-1941, on site furnished by independent school district, to house McCamey Girl Scout troops. First stone veneer structure in McCamey. Girl Scouts' prized rock collections, plus stone hauled from Bobcat Hill by oil firm trucks and others used in walls. Balcony woodwork is cedar from nearby canyons. The entire town worked in a united effort to obtain materials, erect house. Setting for many "cook-outs" and overnight camps for Girl Scouts. Also served as social center for McCamey 1941-1959. An extension was built in 1964. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1940–41 on land the school district provided, this was McCamey's first stone-veneer building, raised to house the town's Girl Scout troops. The whole community pitched in—oil-company trucks hauled stone from Bobcat Hill, the Scouts contributed their prized rock collections, and cedar from nearby canyons became the balcony woodwork. For years it hosted Scout cook-outs and campouts and served as McCamey's social center.
Why it matters
The little house shows how a West Texas oil town rallied around its girls, and how the early Girl Scout movement wove itself into the civic life of small-town America.
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