Metropolitan Park Bathhouse and Pool Historic District

Historic district in New Mexico, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Metropolitan Park Bathhouse and Pool Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
NM State Register of Cultural Properties


35°8′43″N 103°48′1″W / 35.14528°N 103.80028°W / 35.14528; -103.80028
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1940; 84 years ago (1940)
Built by	CCC
Architect	Trent Thomas
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
MPS	New Deal in New Mexico MPS
NRHP reference No.	96000268^[1]
NMSRCP No.	1618^[2]
Added to NRHP	March 15, 1996
Designated NMSRCP	January 26, 1996

The Metropolitan Park Bathhouse and Pool Historic District, in Tucumcari in Quay County, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The listing includes one contributing building, a contributing structure, and a contributing site.^[1]

It is a 1.8-acre (0.73 ha) parcel, 240 by 330 feet (73 m × 101 m), which contains a bathhouse building, a swimming pool, and a landscaped park. The bathhouse, a one-story Spanish-Pueblo Revival style building, was built in 1940. The parcel has also been known locally as Five Mile Park and as the Apache Wells Lions Club Park.^[3]

The architect was Trent Thomas.^[3] He is also associated with:

Valmora Sanatorium Historic District, NM 97, 4 mi. E of jct. with Hwy. 161 NE of Watrous, New Mexico (Thomas, F. Trent)^[1]
Carlos Vierra House, 1002 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Thomas, Trent)^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "New Mexico's Rich Cultural Heritage: Listed State and National Register Properties" (PDF). New Mexico Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 10, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
^ ^a ^b David Kammer (September 30, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Metropolitan Park Bathhouse and Pool Historic District / Five Mile Park / Apache Wells Lions Club Park". National Park Service. Retrieved June 4, 2017. With photo from 1995.