Arrowcraft Shop
Arrowcraft Shop, located on the campus of the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, was founded in 1926 by Pi Beta Phi, the nation's oldest college women's fraternity. Pi Beta Pi started the Arrowmont school and the Arrowcraft shop. The Guild, Arrowmont School, and Arrowcraft Shop have a joint history, which goes back to 1930, when Arrowmont joined with several other craft cooperatives to form the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The Arrowcraft Shop helped mountain families in this remote region gain independence by providing them with a source of income from the sale of their handiwork. Today, known simply as Arrowcraft, it is the oldest gift shop in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The shop has gradually become independent of the school and is now managed as a Guild shop.
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