Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD
Summary
Significance: From 1931 to 1968 the Crystal Pool served as a large public swimming pool. From 1968 to 1982 the pool remained closed and fell into a derelict state. Several rooms around the base of the pool were used as artist studios until 1981 when the pool was declared in a dangerous structural state. In 1982 the pool was declared eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as part of a Glen Echo Historic District.
Survey number: HAER MD-43
Building/structure dates: 1931 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1968
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84001850
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Alexander, Becker & Schoeppe
Location
Glen Echo Heights, 38.96955, -77.14192
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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