El Reno Municipal Swimming Pool Bath House

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El Reno Municipal Swimming Pool Bath House
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Main entrance on west side of Municipal Bath House
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Location715 South Morrison
El Reno, Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°31′32″N97°57′53″W / 35.52556°N 97.96472°W / 35.52556; -97.96472 Coordinates: 35°31′32″N97°57′53″W / 35.52556°N 97.96472°W / 35.52556; -97.96472
Built1935
ArchitectArnold Sawalliach
NRHP reference No. 00000178 [1] [2]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 2000

The El Reno Municipal Swimming Pool Bath House is a bath house in El Reno, Oklahoma. Built in 1935, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is one of two Mission/Spanish Revival structures in El Reno. [3]

The bath house was built as part of the swimming pool complex for the city by Federal Emergency Relief Administration workers along with city employees. The pool complex closed in 1991 and the pool itself was filled with dirt, but the original brick bath house remains. As one of the last Depression-era bath houses still standing in Oklahoma, it is listed on the 2015 List of Oklahoma's Most Endangered Places. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Oklahoma Historical Society State Historic Preservation Office".
  3. Everett, Dianna (March 16, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: El Reno Municipal Swimming Pool Bath House" (pdf). National Park Service.Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Accompanied by photos" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places Inventory.
  4. "2015 Endangered Places". Preservation Oklahoma. April 7, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.