Hoyt Park Swimming Pool – Wauwatosa WI

City:
Wauwatosa, WI

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools, Bathhouses

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

“Later in 1936, the regional planning department prepared plans for the new pool and bathhouse that was then constructed by the WPA. The new facility opened in 1939. The pool had a capacity of one million gallons.”

Source notes

Laurie Muench Albano, "Milwaukee County Parks," Arcadia Publishing, 2007.

Site originally submitted by Erin TerBeek on October 4, 2012.

Location Info

1800 North Swan Boulevard
Wauwatosa, WI 53226

Coordinates: 43.0521119, -88.03342

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