- State:
- TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools, Bathhouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a swimming pool and bathhouse in Swenson Park in Spur TX. The pool was built between 1935 and 1937 and closed in 2009. A WPA marker in front of the bathhouse reads: “Works Progress Administration 1935-1937.”
Source notes
WPA marker in front of bathhouse:
“Works Progress Administration
1935-1937”
Site originally submitted by Bambi Lynn Bush on May 5, 2019.
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Does anyone know where the rock used on the bath house came from? I heard it came from a quarry in Spur that is no longer active. Love the rock!
Thanks