The Jeannette Robins Meeting Place has again been recognized for its unique design.

During World War II, local Girl Scouts, under the leadership of Jeannette Robins, raised money from collecting scrap metal to buy war bonds. When the bonds matured the proceeds were used to build a brick cabin on a hillside in the woods north of the (then) Park College campus. The facility was built in 1949, and later abandoned.

When PNS acquired the land and building, the structure was beyond repair, so PNS volunteers demolished it, leaving the original brick chimney intact. They then used the recovered bricks to build a low wall around the perimeter of the remaining concrete pad.

Later, local Girl Scouts led another fundraising drive, this time to rebuild a roof over the concrete pad and chimney. They contacted Kelly S. Batcheller, a PNS volunteer, talented architect, and former Girl Scout, to design a structure that would fit into the natural surroundings.

From Kelly’s camp days at Winding River Girl Scout Camp in the Ozarks, she remembered a meeting place deep in the woods called the "Green Cathedral," where a natural amphitheater is formed by a mossy rock slope sheltered by a natural ceiling of branches fanning into a vaulted covering. Kelly designed a structure meant to evoke references to nature’s own architecture, a vaulted canopy constructed within the larger natural one.

With funds from Girl Scout fund raisers, a Kansas City 150^th Anniversary Legacy Fund grant, and a donation from the Parkville American Legion to purchase materials, the shelter was constructed by volunteers in 1999.

In the fall of 2000, Kelly submitted the project to the Kansas City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in their ‘Excellence in Architecture’ awards program. Out of 84 entries, only 18 were recognized, and the shelter received the Honor Award, the highest recognition in its category! It was featured in Missouri Architect, Spring 2001.

In 2002, Kelly submitted her design for the American Institute of Architects Central States Regional Awards program. Out of 150 entries from 5 states, only 14 entries were recognized for design excellence, and only 2 from the state of Missouri. The 2 projects were the Liberty Memorial Restoration and the Jeannette Robbins Meeting Place. The shelter is featured in Iowa Architect , March 2003.

In November 2002, Kelly and PNS Director Jim Reed presented the award to the City of Parkville at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen with Mayor Kutz. Both awards are now displayed with pride in Parkville City Hall.