Crystal Pool
- That entry does establish notability (along with the kany other sources cited, because it lists numerous articles in reliable independent sources that discuss this subject. But honestly I can't believe we are even discussing whether this subject is notable. Common sense applies. FloridaArmy (talk) 13:34, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, a heating of an indoor pool in Seattle in 1916 is noteworthy. User:AngusWOOF please do add any details you want. Where would you like the reliable substantial coverage of an indoor pool facility in Seattle to be from? Entry is now well sourced and open for expansion. Significant architectural, cultural and sporting venue. Resubmitted. FloridaArmy (talk) 00:41, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- That entry does establish notability (along with the kany other sources cited, because it lists numerous articles in reliable independent sources that discuss this subject. But honestly I can't believe we are even discussing whether this subject is notable. Common sense applies. FloridaArmy (talk) 13:34, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Seattle Natatorium, Crystal Pool Natatorium and Cristalla should link here
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Crystal Pool Natatorium was a saltwater indoor swimming pool in Seattle, Washington.[1][2][3] It was eventually adapted for use as Bethel Temple. It was designed by B. Marcus Priteca and built from 1915 to 1918. The pool was covered with boards and the venue used for boxing or roller skating. The building was demolished it 2003.
Description
The complex was designed for C. D. Stimson by Marcus Priteca.[4][5] Upon its debut, the Italian Renaissance architecture facility was described as having outdone the Baths of Rome.[6] According to Priteca, the total cost of its construction was approximately $200,000 (Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=USD (parameter 1) not a recognized index.).[4]
It had arched steel trusses and a glass roof.[7] Its facade included terracotta features and it had a dome.[8] Water was pumped in from the Puget Sound's Elliott Bay.[citation needed] The 260,000 gallon pool was heated.[9] It was in the Beltown District.[10] Cristalla was built on the site and includes some of to pool building's facade.[citation needed]
History
In 1918, the pool's adjoining energy plant was converted from burning oil to burning a form of powdered coal.[11] A contemporaneous magazine article in the Electrical World reported that it was to become the first of its kind (a small plant isolated from others) to transition to powdered coal.[11] It received the coal by truck, and was described as not having a "slag pit" for its byproducts.[12]
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In February 1923 the Young Men's Republican Club of King's County organized a Lincoln Banquet at the Crystal Pool Auditorium.[13] In March 1923 the Klu Klux Klan rallied at the venue. At the time, Seattle was segregated with covenants to restrict where minorities could live and sundown restrictions keeping them out of white neighborhood after working hours.[14] The Klan event was one of several held around Washington in 1923 and 1924.[15]
In 1924, U. S. Navy swimmers from U. S. S. California and U. S. S. New Mexico competed at the pool.[16] It was used for other competitions, including a polo match between Portland and Victoria competitors.[17]
The pool featured in Robert W. Jepperson's 2011 book A Dream, A Buck, An Era.[10]
William H. Offler bought the building and converted it into Bethel Temple.[18] The entrance was on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Lenora Street.[1]
Boxing
Leslie Earnest Carter was photographed at the Crystal Pool.[19] Tony Seeman and Abie Israel was held at Crystal Pool December 17, 1930. Promoter Nate Druxman organized fights at the venue[20] where he established an athletic club.[21] Hal Hoshino fought at the venue.[22] Ken Overlin and Paul Delaney also fought at the venue.[23]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "HistoryLink Tours — Crystal Pool Natatorium". historylink.tours.
- ↑ "Crystal Pool: A Unique Part Of Our Past | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com.
- ↑ "Crystal Pool Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Priteca, B. Marcus (November 1916). "Seattle's new natatorium". The Architect. Vol. 12 no. 5. p. 288.
- ↑ "Architectural drawings of the Crystal Pool building - Archives West". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
- ↑ Arts & Architecture. 1916. Search this book on
- ↑ Seattle's Belltown. Arcadia. 2007. ISBN 9780738548166. Search this book on
- ↑ "PSTOS - Bethel Temple Auditorium (Crystal Pool), Seattle Washington". www.pstos.org.
- ↑ Spooked in Seattle: A Haunted Handbook. Clerisy Press. 13 September 2011. ISBN 9781578605019. Search this book on
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Crystal_Pool
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Macinnis, A. E. (18 May 1918). "Experience with powdered coal". Electrical World. Vol. 71 no. 20.
- ↑ "Powdered fuel tests". Power plant engineering. 1 August 1918. pp. 627–628.
- ↑ House Journal of the Legislature of the State of Washington. Public Printer. 1923. Search this book on
- ↑ Bertha Pitts Campbell: The Founder We Knew. Authorsolutions. August 2013. ISBN 9781483401027. Search this book on
- ↑ "KKK Super Rallies in Washington State: 1923-24 - Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project". depts.washington.edu.
- ↑ Our Navy, the Standard Publication of the U.S. Navy. 1924. Search this book on
- ↑ "Portland takes water polo title in play-off". Sporting news. Victoria Daily News. 16 August 1920.
- ↑ "Crystal Pool Natatorium, Seattle, circa 1927". digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu.
- ↑ "P-I photos from the 1920s". seattlepi.com. January 1, 1976.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine: Nate Druxman, Mr. Boxing – Sportspress Northwest". www.sportspressnw.com.
- ↑ "Nate Druxman Seattle boxing photograph and ephemera collection - Archives West". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
- ↑ Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee (July 30, 2011). Claiming the Oriental Gateway: Prewar Seattle and Japanese America. Temple University Press. ISBN 9781439902158 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Walsh, Peter (July 30, 1993). Men of Steel: The Lives and Times of Boxing's Middleweight Champions. Robson. ISBN 9780860518471 – via Google Books. Search this book on
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