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521 E. Lawther Drive
Dallas TX 75218
Phone: 214.670.8749
Fax: 214.670.8751
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Built in 1930 on what were then the rural shores of White Rock Lake, the “old bath house” was one of the first uses of Art Deco architecture in the southwest. The building provided lockers, changing rooms, rentable swimsuits, and concessions for the thousands of people that drove from all over North Texas to swim in the lake.
The Bath House remained a social and recreational hotspot for over two decades, but was forced to close in 1953, when swimming in White Rock Lake was discontinued. The magnificent building sat vacant until 1978, when the City of Dallas announced plans to restore it after a group of dedicated neighborhood arts activists urged and supported its reopening. In August of 1981, the citizens of Dallas celebrated the birth of the City’s first neighborhood cultural center.
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