| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1914/00/00 | Charles D Stimson | Developer | C D Stimson begins development of a public pool to be built at 2nd Avenue and Lenora Street in Seattle. When the pool is not in use, it can be covered with planks allowing it to be used for meetings and other events. | |||
| 1916/00/00 | B Marcus Priteca | Architect | Crystal Pool opens in downtown, Seattle. The building (lost) features a heated, salt water pool, containing 260,000-gallons of Elliott Bay water under a glass roof. | |||
| 1923/03/23 | Ku Klux Klan | Racist | Seattle Klan No 4 gathers at Crystal Pool at 2nd Ave and Lenora St. Seattle KKK branch founded in 1922 with an initial membership of 2000. Their headquarters at the Securities Building, 1904 3rd Ave, serves as a regional headquarters. | |||
| 1944/00/00 | The Bethel Christian Ministries, an evangelical outreach group, buys the property and floors over the pool while covering the original steel, arched trusses and glass roof with lath and plaster. | |||||
| 2003/06/00 | Crystal Pool is demolished. In 2005, The Murray Franklyn development firm will preserve the natatorium's original terracotta facade in its 24-story condominium building, Cristalla. |
| Particulars for Crystal Pool Facade: | |
|---|---|
| Disposition | Architectural Remnant |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Second Renaissance Revival |
| Geology | Terracotta |
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