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Item Title
Glen Echo Park, Crystal Swimming Pool, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD
Location7300 McArthur Boulevard,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MD-43
Building/structure dates:
1931 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1968
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.
Subjects
Swimming PoolsAmusement Parks
Related Names
Alexander, Becker & Schoeppe
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. ELEVATIONS, DETAIL OF MAIN ENTRANCE Drawing No. 103-06
2. LOBBY AND TOWEL COUNTER, PLANS, ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS AND DETAILS Drawing No. 103-12
3. GENERAL PLAN AND FOUNDATIONS OF SWIMMING POOLS Drawing No. 103-20
4. GENERAL PIPING PLAN, FILTER, PLANT LAYOUT, SECTIONS AND DETAILS Drawing No. 103-23
5. GENERAL PLAN OF STRUCTURAL AND REINFORCING STEEL, PIERS AND DETAILS FOR SWIMMING POOL Drawing 103-21
7. FLOOR AND ROOF PLAN ABOVE DECK, SECTIONS AND DETAILS Drawing No. 103-05
8. LOCKER ROOM PLAN, SECTION AND DETAILS Drawing No. 103-04
9. LOCKER LAYOUT, ELEVATIONS AND DETAILS Drawing No. 103-14
10. DETAILS OF SAND BEACH AND COMPULSORY SHOWERS Drawing NO. 103-25
11. BEACH TOILET BUILDING, OFFICE AND FIRST AID BUILDING, PLANS, ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS Drawing No. 103-07
12. LOCKER BUILDING TIMBER SUPPORTS, ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS AND DETAILS Drawing No. 103-03
13. VARIOUS WALL SECTIONS SHOWING REINFORCING STEEL FOR SWIMMING POOL Drawing No. 103-24
14. AERIAL VIEW OF POOL AND STRUCTURES Photocopy of photocopy of 1931 rendering by Alexander, Becker and Schoeppe, architects and engineers
15. MAIN ENTRANCE, VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST Photocopy of c. 1930-1940 photograph
16. MAIN POOL AND GRANDSTAND. VIEW FROM NORTHWEST Photocopy of c. 1930-1940 photograph
17. DIVING POOL. VIEW FROM EAST Photocopy of c. 1930-1940 photograph
18. SAND BEACH WITH SUNBATHERS AND UMBRELLAS. VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST. NORTHWEST ELEVATION OF REFRESHMENT STAND Photocopy of 1930-1940 photograph
19. MAIN POOL AND GRANDSTAND. VIEW FROM NORTH Photocopy of 1930-1940 photograph
20. VIEW, FROM SOUTHWEST, OF ENTRANCE ELEVATION
21. VIEW, FROM WEST, SHOWING SIDE AND REAR OF LOCKER ROOM AND GRANDSTAND AREA
22. VIEW, FROM NORTHEAST, SHOWING TIMBER SUPPORTS UNDER LOCK ROOM AND GRANDSTAND AREA
23. VIEW, FROM EAST, SHOWING DIVING AND MAIN POOLS AND WEST ELEVATION OF OFFICE AND FIRST AID BUILDING
24. VIEW, FROM NORTHWEST, SHOWING NORTH END OF MAIN POOL AND DIVING POOL
25. INTERIOR, BATH HOUSE WITH LOCKERS
26. INTERIOR, BATH HOUSE WITH MACHINERY
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