Record #:

22806

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

There have been several swimming pools in the area. In 1913, the first pool was built in the high school basement at Fifth and Reade Streets. It was opened to the public in 1917. A wealthy benefactor, Mrs. J.L. Westbrook, then opened a pool on her estate in 1927 at the corner of Fourteenth and Charles Streets. Known as the Westbrook Pool and Amusement Park, it later was called Westbrook's Jewel Box. The Blount brothers, M.K. and F.L. Blount then got it for debt and in 1929 called it the Greenville Swimming Pool. In 1934, the city opened a pool on Fifth Street and Reade Streets. Owing to health hazards, the pool had to close in 1951. Subsequently, people flocked to the Meadowbrook Beach and other pools at the Greenville Country Club, Elm Street Park and Moose Lodge. In 1975 a new municipal pool was opened at Guy Smith Stadium.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Feb 2-15 1994, p8-9

Subject(s):

Swimming pools--Greenville; Greenville--History--Swimming pools