{"nrhp_refnum":"88002543","name":"Municipal Swimming Pool","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 East Ave. A","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Angelo","county":"Tom Green County","state":"TX","lat":31.456855621000045,"lon":-100.43341337799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly L-shaped stone municipal swimming pool building at 18 East Avenue A in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, built about 1927-30 and owned by the City of San Angelo.","why_significant":"The pool represents a city effort to improve municipal services during a period of rapid economic growth and population change. It served as a social gathering place for residents. The pool house also shows Rustic stylistic influences, an unusual style in San Angelo.","narrative":"Built between 1927 and 1930 at 18 East Avenue A in San Angelo, this municipal swimming pool building is a roughly L-shaped stone structure with a two-story octagonal core and one-story wings. A corner entry with double doors opens into a central circulation space within the octagon, which has a low pitched roof. The flat-roofed wings are hidden behind parapets and display vigas, round non-structural log beams that project through the walls. Walls are coursed, roughly squared stone with cast stone sills and parapet caps, and the windows are steel casements. The stonework, vigas and small openings reflect Rustic influences, an unusual style in the city. The pool was listed for its architecture and for its role in civic life. It reflects an effort to expand municipal services during a time of unprecedented economic growth, and it gave residents of a rapidly changing community an informal place to gather. It remains in use, in good condition, with only porch coverings altered.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Physical condition is good; the building remains in use. Alterations are limited to porch coverings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.808981-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/9702/40970235/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002543.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002543/9bad398299-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002543/9bad398299-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zoomie57","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Angelo_Municipal_Pool_Entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoomie57</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Angelo_Municipal_Pool_Entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970235","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106813264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tom-green-county/municipal-swimming-pool-88002543/"}