Deep Eddy Pool

Deep Eddy Bathing Beach
Deep Eddy Pool
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Location401 Deep Eddy Ave.
Austin, Texas, USA
Coordinates30°16′35″N 97°46′23″W / 30.27639°N 97.77306°W / 30.27639; -97.77306
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
BuiltJuly 1936 (1936-07)
ArchitectDan Driscoll, Delmar Groos
Architectural styleNPS Rustic
NRHP reference No.03000560[1]
Added to NRHP23 June 2003

Deep Eddy Pool is a historic man-made swimming pool in Austin, Texas. Deep Eddy is the oldest swimming pool in Texas and features a bathhouse built during the Depression era by the Works Progress Administration. The pool began as a swimming hole in the Colorado River, became a resort in the 1920s, and is today a popular swimming pool operated by the City of Austin.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.