Conover Swimming Pool
Built by Marion
Hunsucker in 1929, the pool area consisted of the
upper and much deeper
area, and the lower pool which was most
favored by the general
public. The boy's dressing rooms were
located down the
stairs and and to the left. Concession and admission
booth was at ground
level. The girl's dressing room was in a separate
building, just east of
the main building. The pool was closed in 1948-49
due to the sale of the
lots to Jim and Horace Isenhower.
Jim later re-opened
the pool until its final closing in 1960.
George
Mennen was the first life guard. Recently, it was learned that
"skinny
dipping" had taken place at the pool when it was closed
to the general public.
A few local folks are aware of the participants.
The
location was near where the Holiday
Inn Express now sits,
off Hwy. 16, North.
[Photo
courtesy of Joyce Curlee]
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