{"nrhp_refnum":"03000560","name":"Deep Eddy Bathing Beach","other_names":["Deep Eddy Pool","Eilers Park"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"301 Quarry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.276334510000055,"lon":-97.77290568184969,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-06-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Deep Eddy Bathing Beach (also called Deep Eddy Pool and Eilers Park) is a public swimming pool and park district at 301 Quarry Street on the north bank of the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. It includes a 1916 concrete pool, a 1935 limestone bathhouse and the surrounding landscape.","why_significant":"The nomination finds local significance under Criterion A for the site's long history as an Austin recreation area, beginning in 1902. It also finds significance under Criterion C for the 1935 bathhouse, described as an excellent example of New Deal-era rustic park architecture built with Works Progress Administration funds.","narrative":"Deep Eddy Bathing Beach sits on a bend of the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. It began in 1902, when Mary and Henry Johnson opened a swimming and camping area on their father's land at the end of a streetcar line. A.J. Eilers bought it in 1915 and had a concrete pool built, open by summer 1916. Manager George Rowley added movies, diving acts and other entertainment. The City of Austin bought the property during the Depression. After a flood destroyed the wooden buildings, the city used Works Progress Administration funds to build a limestone bathhouse in 1935, designed by local architects Dan Driscoll and Delmar Groos. Its simple rustic design, open-air dressing rooms and multi-tiered pagoda-like metal roof follow National Park Service park-building trends. The 204-by-99.5-foot pool, fed by un-chlorinated spring water, remains essentially unchanged, and the site keeps a high degree of integrity. It is listed for its recreation history and its New Deal-era architecture.","period_of_significance":"1902-1953","architect_builder":"Dan Driscoll and Delmar Groos, architects (bathhouse)","architectural_style":"Other: National Park Service Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a recreation facility; only the locker rooms and storage area of the bathhouse are currently used, and 1960s additions were recently removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.572215-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/9738/40973839/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03000560.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000560/d60d938313-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000560/d60d938313-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_eddy_pool_stairs_and_retaining_walls.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_eddy_pool_stairs_and_retaining_walls.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973839","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Eddy_Pool","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5250168"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/deep-eddy-bathing-beach-03000560/"}