Roosevelt Pool – Susanville CA

Description

The Roosevelt pool in Susanville was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939.   It began as a community pool – a project long sought by the people of Susanville – and then was attached to Roosevelt School next door. 

After a half-century of excellent service, the pool had to be closed in 2004 due to structural failure brought on by neglect (it began to leak).  It was demolished in 2015.

Fortunately, a visitor to site in the late 1990s and took photographs of the pool.  The Susanville Historical Society also has photographs of the pool in its prime (unfortunately, these are in a closed case, so the photos here are marred by reflection from the glass cover).

The old pool has been replaced by a new Honey Lake Valley Community Pool.