- City:
- La Crosse, WI
- Site Type:
- Swimming Pools, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Completed:
- 1938
Description
Occasionally mis-attributed to the W.P.A., La Crosse’s Memorial Pool was constructed in 1938 with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. supplied an $31,500 grant for the project, whose total cost was $72,738.
The pool was closed in 2016, though as of 2017 it appears the pool will be modernized or rebuilt.
PWA Docket No. WI [W]1436
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 83.
La Crosse Tribune: La Crosse City Council approves funds for Memorial Pool renovation.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 31, 2017.
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jacob sciammas
Actually the pool is occasionally mis-attributed because the Veterans Field development, for which the pool is a part, was a WPA project…while I don’t have the original source, that would in part describe why both were a part of the whole project in some way.