- City:
- Alva, OK
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Municipal Pool and Bathhouse in Alva, OKlahoma.
The pool is constructed of poured concrete and the bathhouse has Art Deco elements. The bathhouse is now painted white. It has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Source notes
http://oli_shpo.okstate.edu/query_result.aspx?id=66938&pbc=P
http://thehistoryexchange.com/index.php/wpa-in-oklahoma/woods-county/alva-swimming-pool-and-bathhouse-alva/
Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton on November 18, 2023.
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