- City:
- University, MS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Colleges and Universities, Swimming Pools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
A project grant of $20,000 supported the construction of an Olympic-sized swimming pool west of the gymnasium in July 1936.
Source notes
Sansing, D. S. (1999). The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History. Jackson, MS: University Press. Walton, G. W. (2008). The University of Mississippi: A Pictorial History. Nashville, TN: Booksmith Group.Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on February 8, 2014.
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