- City:
- Cleveland, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Colleges and Universities, Swimming Pools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The Delta State Teachers College (now Delta State University) “…did add to its physical plant with the completion in 1936 of an outdoor swimming pool with $20,000 from the Works Progress Administration” (Gunn & Castle, 1980, p. 45). The pool opened in May, 1936 for the senior class party. The pool was eventually demolished, and the site remodeled into a natatorium.
Source notes
Gunn, J. W., & Castle, G. C. (1980). A Pictorial History of Delta State University. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 8, 2014.
At this Location:
- Delta State University: Roberts Memorial Library - Cleveland MS
- Delta State University: Marshall Home Management House - Cleveland MS
- Delta State University: Whitfield Gymnasium - Cleveland MS
- Delta State University: Doolittle Building - Cleveland MS
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