Title
Queen City Park Swimming Pool, 1943
Subject
Swimming pools
Schuler, Don Buel, 1888-1961
Description
This is a program for the the dedication of the Queen City Park Swimming Pool on May 18, 1943. The program contains a page in memory of David Warner, history of Queen City Park and information about the dedication ceremonies. The pool and bath house were designed by Don Buel Schuyler, an apprentice to architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and were constructed as a WPA project during the Great Depression. The pool was used from 1943 to 1989. The pool was filled in with dirt in 2002 and the bath house was converted to become the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum in 2011. The structure was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1992 for its architectural and historical significance.
Source
Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama
Date
May 18, 1943
Contributor
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Document
Identifier
606
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Text
Queen City Park and Swimming Pool
Photo shows Bath House and entrance to Swimming Pool
Dedication May 18, 1943
Photo shows Bath House and entrance to Swimming Pool
Dedication May 18, 1943
Original Format
Document