South Shore Park Pavilion – Milwaukee WI

City:
Milwaukee, WI

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Bathhouses

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Description

“The magnificent pavilion was built with relief labor in South Shore Park in 1933. It replaced an earlier bathhouse built in 1912. The park is located on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee.”

–Milwaukee County Parks

Source notes

Contributors Erin TerBeek and Douglas Thompson provided information about the CCC's role in constructing the pavilion. Laurie Muench Albano, "Milwaukee County Parks," Arcadia Publishing, 2007.

Site originally submitted by Erin TerBeek on July 14, 2012.

Location Info

2900 South Shore Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53207

Coordinates: 42.992899, -87.88027

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