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Gypsy Camp Historic District

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Built
  
1921 (1921)

NRHP Reference #
  
87002425

Area
  
5 ha

Nearest city
  
Siloam Springs

MPS
  
Benton County MRA

Opened
  
1921

Added to NRHP
  
28 January 1988

Gypsy Camp Historic District

The Gypsy Camp Historic District encompasses a former summer camp facility in rural southwestern Benton County, Arkansas. It is located on the west side of Arkansas Highway 59, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Siloam Springs, on the north side of the Illinois River. The camp facilities were built in the 1920s for a girls summer camp, and are believed to be the only facilities built for that purpose in the state. The camp includes four cabins for campers, a dining/recreation hall, and three residential structures. All are finished with either pine slats or board-and-batten siding. There is a centrally-located rock arbor and wall that provide an outside seating area. The camp operated from 1921 to 1978.

The camp was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Gypsy Camp Historic District Wikipedia