Husky Pool – University of Washington – Seattle WA

City:
Seattle, WA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Swimming Pools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Description

"This structure, housing the swimming pool, was erected as an addition to the physical-education building. The swimming pool is 42 by 75 feet and galleries for spectators are provided to seat 1,000.

The construction is reinforced concrete with exterior walls faced with brick and trimmed with cast stone. The steel roof trusses support a wood roof.

The project was completed in September 1938 at a construction cost of $193,818 and a project cost of $205,887."
(Short and Brown)

Source notes

C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).

Location Info


University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195

Location notes:

Coordinates: 47.651645, -122.30817

Site Details

Total Cost
$205,887.00

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