McGovern Park – Milwaukee WI

City:
Milwaukee, WI

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools, Bathhouses

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

Description

“The pool at Silver Spring Park (now McGovern Park) was built by the CWA. The WPA built the new bathhouse.”

Source notes

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

Site originally submitted by Erin TerBeek on October 15, 2012.

Location Info


5400 N 51st Blvd
Milwaukee, WI 53218

Coordinates: 43.11567, -87.97615

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