- City:
- Monroe, LA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
The Monroe swimming pool was undertaken in Monroe, Louisiana during the Great Depression with the assistance of funds provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Monroe swimming pool at Forsythe Park was constructed for approximately $100,000 and was described as “one of the finest fresh water inland natatoriums in the county” (Work report made by WPA, 1937, p. 10). It operated without cost to community members (New Deal Network, 2003).
Source notes
New Deal Network. (2003). https://newdeal.feri.org/library/ah69.htm Work report made by WPA: Natatorium and Sanatorium main projects of last quarter. (September 1, 1937). Monroe News Star, p. 10.Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 4, 2014.
Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $100,000.00 |
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