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Bathhouse at 4H Pool – Dunbar/Institute WV

Project type: Bathhouses, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

According to a newspaper account, FERA built a new bathhouse at the 4H pool west of Dunbar.It is unclear if the pool that currently exists at the site is the original, and it is believed that the current bathhouse is a replacement of the New Deal project.

Source notes

"4 H Pool Proves Popular Relief from the Heat," Charleston Daily Mail, 13 July 1935, p. 3.

Project originally submitted by Ernest Everett Blevins on September 6, 2018.

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Location Info

2000 West Virginia 25
Dunbar/Institute, West Virginia 25064

Location notes: Shawnee Park on the western edge of Dunbar next to WVSU at unincorporated Institute. 2000 West Virginia 25 (Fairlawn)

Coordinates: 38.3769083, -81.7607172

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