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Steamboat Springs Health and Recreation Association Pool

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1884. Northeast corner of U.S. 40 and 3rd St.

The original pool and frame bathhouse developed by town founder James Crawford has evolved into a large aquatic complex, designed by local architect Lincoln H. Jones. A 350-foot water slide—a fiberglass tube 4 feet in diameter—snakes down the hillside to discharge bathers into the pool. The restored historic source pool of this popular all-season watering hole is the starting point for a walking tour of seven of Steamboat's estimated 150 springs, which gush from the earth at temperatures ranging from 58 to 150 degrees F.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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What's Nearby

Schaffnit House
Routt County Courthouse
Steamboat Bed and Breakfast
Christian Science Society Church
Tread of Pioneers Museum (Campbell House)

Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "Steamboat Springs Health and Recreation Association Pool", [Steamboat Springs, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-RT01.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 522-522.

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