Windback Wednesday - Gilbert Wood Scout Hall

Do you recognise this building in Tusmore Park?

The Gilbert Wood Scout Hall was built in 1938 and officially opened in February 1939 by Lord Hampton, Chief Commissioner of Scouts in England. The hall is named in honour of Gilbert E. Wood, the first president of the Group Council of Linden Park Boy Scouts.

The building was originally planned as a modest iron and wood structure, but Mrs Gilbert E. Wood donated £400 towards its construction, allowing a more ambitious brick structure to be built with supplementary funds raised in the local community. Upon its opening it was recognised as one of the finest Scout halls in the state and served as the headquarters of Linden Park Boy Scouts.

Today the building is home to the Glenside Lions Bookmart.

Photograph circa 1938, State Library of South Australia PRG 287/1/6/34