{"nrhp_refnum":"92001726","name":"Los Banos del Mar","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 Shoreline Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Barbara","county":"Santa Barbara County","state":"CA","lat":34.40774768600005,"lon":-119.69356508499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-12-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A public swimming pool and bathhouse complex at 401 Shoreline Drive in Santa Barbara, California, built in 1939 on the site of two earlier bathhouses. It was designed by Associated Architects of Santa Barbara (Henry Howell and William A. Edwards).","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is tied to the rise of municipally sponsored recreation programs in Santa Barbara and is one of only two surviving, relatively unaltered historic swimming pool complexes from California's coastal bathhouse era. It also illustrates how local architects adapted Hispanic-inspired design to Art Moderne trends during the Depression.","narrative":"Los Banos del Mar is a public swimming pool and bathhouse on Santa Barbara's waterfront, completed in 1939 as the third bathhouse on its site. Architects Henry Howell and William A. Edwards designed a modest one-story building that blends smooth, streamlined Art Moderne walls with red-tiled Hispanic elements on the east side. The reinforced concrete pool is L-shaped, with an Olympic-sized main pool and a small beginner's area. Funded with Public Works Administration aid during the Depression, it grew out of the city's expanding municipal recreation programs begun in 1929. It is considered one of only two relatively unaltered swimming pool complexes surviving from California's coastal bathhouse era. The exterior has not changed since 1939, though gardens and shuffleboard courts were lost to street work in 1943 and the wading pool was replaced in 1979. The pool remains popular for recreation, training and the annual Semana Nautica events, and was designated a city landmark in 1992.","period_of_significance":"1939-1942","architect_builder":"Associated Architects of Santa Barbara [Howell, Henry and Edwards, William A.]; Charles M. Urton; Jack Bramlage; L.A. Cline, Inc.","architectural_style":"Art Modern and Spanish Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a public pool and bathhouse; has received only routine maintenance since the mid-1980s. Designated a City of Santa Barbara Landmark in 1992.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.46397-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92001726.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001726/ee002244f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001726/ee002244f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LordAmeth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Los_Ba%C3%B1os_del_Mar.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">LordAmeth</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Los_Ba%C3%B1os_del_Mar.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861600","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49519364"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-barbara-county/los-banos-del-mar-92001726/"}