The Girl Scout Little House was not single place, but a movement across America. Starting in Washington DC, the very first Little House was donated to the Girl Scouts by the General Federation of Women's Clubs and was the model for hundreds of Little Houses in every Girl Scout town and city that could manage one.
The Washington DC Little House was a focal point for Girl Scouting and many publicity photos were taken there. A pamphlet published by the Girl Scouts, likely in the 1930s summed up the purpose of the Little House this way; "the Little Girl Scout House is the half-way step between the playhouse of children and the home that every mother wants to be sure that her daughter can make for herself."
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Ceramic version of a Girl Scout Little House |
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 Library of Congress image - Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Coolidge in front of the Little House in Washington D.C.1925 |
 Library of Congress image - Mrs. Hoover and Girl Scouts in front of the Little House in Washington D.C. 1929 |
 Library of Congress image - Cafeteria in the basement of the Little House, Washington D.C. |
 Library of Congress image - Mrs. Hoover, Dr. Ford and Girl Scouts in the kitchen of the Little House, Washington D.C. |
 Library of Congress image - Girl Scout Little House, Washington D.C. |
 Mrs. Roosevelt and Girl Scouts at the Little House, Washington D.C. - 1940 |
Domesticity and housekeeping skills were promoted in the beginning. Later, Little Houses became simple meeting places and a "face" for Girl Scouting in the community. Gradually, Little Houses fell out of favor and for some Girl Scouts Councils are only a vague memory. However, some councils have continued the tradition of Little Houses.
Hammond, IN 1938 |
Chillicothe - 1956 |
Odessa, TX 1957 |
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