Municipal Pool (former) – Sylva NC

City:
Sylva, NC

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools

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

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

“The town had the first municipally owned swimming pool west of Asheville. The stone and concrete pool was built in 1938 by the WPA during the Great Depression; it was demolished in 1969 to be replaced by the current [Roscoe Poteet Swimming Pool].” (Wikipedia)

Source notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylva,_North_Carolina

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 4, 2014.

Location Info

Municipal Rd.
Sylva, NC 28779

Coordinates: 35.375364, -83.223799

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