Willistown Scout Cabin Comes Down
The cabin was used for decades by Troop 78, but had fallen into disrepair in recent years.
The Boy Scouts cabin on Grubb Road in Willistown was knocked down Sept. 19. (Photo Sept. 20, 2012)
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The Boy Scouts cabin on Grubb Road in Willistown was torn down Wednesday. The cabin was in poor condition after years of non-use.
Troop 78 Scoutmaster Steve D'Antonio gave some of the cabin's history in a comment on a previous Malvern Patch article:
The old cabin was torn down today, September 19th. It was used by the troop from 1947 to 2002. Originally a summer home, it was expanded with a $1000 gift from the VFW Womens' Auxiliary in 1947. The troop moved there shortly after the old Greentree School burned down.
Lots of memories were made there and in the woods "up the hill" that were lost to the twelve McMansions on Veterans Way. The troop carries on the tradition of excellence set by Ernie Heegard at its new location near the baseball fields with over 60 Scouts enrolled in an active program.
Steve D'Antonio, Scoutmaster, Willistown Troop 78, BSA
Do you have any memories of this cabin?
Tell us in the comments.
DW
10:32 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
Very sad to see the building gone. A childhood full of great memories in that old cabin. I was able to stick my nose in a broken window before it was torn down and it smelled the same as it did 20 years ago. The echo of the words "Troop fall in!" will forever been remembered there. I look forward to the day I can introduce my son to the troop at the new cabin and begin making new memories with a terrific scout troop!