- City:
- Olathe, KS
- Site Type:
- Swimming Pools, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agency:
- Unknown
- Completed:
- 1934
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
Olathe’s municipal website identifies a pool located at the site of the present Mill Creek Pool as a New Deal project: “A swimming pool was built under the Works Progress Administration in 1934. It was located in the City Park at Poplar and Woodland.”
However, as the WPA didn’t come into being until 1935, it is probable that the New Deal organization in question was in fact a precursor agency: the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). More research into this question is needed. Furthermore, it is unclear to Living New Deal whether the original structure has been replaced.
Source notes
https://www.olatheks.gov/visitors/olathe-history (accessed Jul. 11, 2023)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 11, 2023.
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