MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OP: SELLWOOD POOL CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY WITH A PARTY THIS TUESDAY
Posted: July 12th, 2010 3:35 PM
- Join Commissioner Nick Fish in celebrating 100 years of swimming at
Portland's first public pool at a special party tomorrow, July 13 -
What: Century Celebration at Sellwood Pool, featuring FREE swimming, cake, facepainting, games, giveaways and historic displays
When: Tuesday, July 13
Time: 1 p.m. to 3:35 p.m.; welcome by Commissioner Fish, followed by birthday cake at 2 p.m.
Location: 7951 SE 7th Avenue, Sellwood Neighborhood
Parks Commissioner Nick Fish and local families and children will celebrate 100 years of summer fun at Sellwood Pool this Tuesday, July 13. Portland's first public pool, Sellwood Pool has been in continuous use since 1910.
This outdoor pool was built in 1910 as a replacement for the municipal bath house which had been at the foot of Jefferson Street. The Jefferson Street bath house had once been a floating structure with a slat bottom. It was closed due to increased pollution in the Willamette River.
The Sellwood pool was the first structure of its kind in the city. It was a large wooden edifice with a ten-foot board fence around it to provide privacy for the segregated sexes who switched off days. Girls could use the pool one day, boys the next.
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