marker inscriptionTexas Historical Commission staff (AD), 10/18/2010, revised 12/7/2010, rev. 12/22/2010
with post
Walker County (Job #10WA02) Subject (Atlas ) UTM 14 255653E 3400120N
Location:
Huntsville, Southwest corner of intersection of Sam Houston Avenue (Highway 75) and 22nd Street
JOSEY BOY SCOUT LODGE
OILMAN AND HUNTSVILLE NATIVE ROBERT A. JOSEY DONATED FUNDING
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS LOG STRUCTURE IN 1933. ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS OBTAINED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION (CWA), AND GIBBS BROTHERS AND COMPANY DONATED
THE LOGS AND ROCK FOR THE LODGE; THE BUILDING WAS DEDICATED IN 1934. THE STRUCTURE’S NATIVE PINE LOGS FORM FIVE ROOMS, AND PETRIFIED STONE HEARTHS AND MANTLES ADORN ITS THREE FIREPLACES.
THE LODGE HAS HOSTED COUNTLESS COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS AND CONTINUES TODAY TO SERVE THE BOY SCOUT PROGRAMS OF THE HUNTSVILLE AREA.
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2010
MARKER
IS PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS