Beating the Summer Heat: Thousands Travel to Springfield to Cool Off

On June 29 1928, the Springfield Swimming Pool opened to the general public with a big splash. For many summers, the pool was a great destination spot for people looking to cool off in the water.

This massive pool was located at Baltimore Pike and Woodland Avenue (Route 420.) It cost $100,000 to build and was 250-foot long and 100-foot wide. The pool contained 850,000 gallons of water with depths from 2 ½ to 10 foot. Incredibly, the pool could hold a capacity crowd of 5,000 people at a time.

One novel attraction of the pool was the sand beach. There was also a large refreshment stand on the premises but visitors could bring their own picnic lunch.

Our friends, at the , fondly remember how thousands of people would traveled for hours to spend their day at the pool.

In 1959, new owners renamed it the Palm Beach Swim Club.

The pool eventually closed sometime in the mid 1960s.

In 1974, the site became the Farmer Dick Barone Chevrolet dealership, then Rothrock Chevrolet brought the business.

Several readers shared their knowledge of the historical pool in our