Crystal Pool (Seattle)

[5][6] Upon its debut, the Italian Renaissance architecture facility was described as having outdone the Baths of Rome.

[10] A contemporaneous article in Electrical World magazine reported that it was to become the first of its kind (a small plant isolated from others) to transition to powdered coal.

[11] In February 1923 the Young Men's Republican Club of King County organized a Lincoln Banquet at the Crystal Pool Auditorium.

[16] William H. Offler bought the building in 1944 and converted it into Bethel Temple, permanently covering the pool with flooring.

[19] A match between Tony Seeman and Abie Israel was held at Crystal Pool on December 17, 1930.

Promoter Nate Druxman organized fights at the venue[20] where he established an athletic club.