El Reno Municipal Swimming Pool Bath House, Public bath in El Reno, United States.
El Reno Municipal Swimming Pool Bath House is a public bath facility displaying Mission and Spanish Revival architectural elements. The brick structure features distinctive design details characteristic of these styles and occupies a site at South Morrison Street.
This structure was built in 1935 as part of Depression-era job creation programs. It gained National Register of Historic Places status in 2000, recognizing its historical significance.
The bath house is one of two Mission/Spanish Revival structures in El Reno, a style tied to the city's 1930s public architecture. It stands as a rare Depression-era survivor: the pool complex closed in 1991 and the pool was filled with dirt, yet the brick building was kept. In 2015 it was placed on Oklahoma's Most Endangered Places list.
The original swimming pool was filled with dirt in 1991, but the brick building itself remains standing and visible from the street. The site offers a good view of the historical architecture from outside.
The bath house is one of only two Mission/Spanish Revival structures in El Reno, and it appears on the 2015 List of Oklahoma's Most Endangered Places as one of the last Depression-era bath houses still standing in the state.
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