The Blue Ridge Swim Club is a historic
swimming club facility at 1275 Owensville Road in
Ivy, Virginia
Ivy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 905.
It is a small unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 250, just west of Charlottesville.
D. S. Tavern, Hom ...
. The property includes a
swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built ...
that was built in 1913, when the area was developed as part of the Blue Ridge Camp for boys. The concrete pool is long and wide, with a sloping floor ranging in depth from to . The pool's water is supplied from Ivy Brook via a gravity feed system. The pool is one of the oldest outdoor recreational facilities in the state.
The property was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2015, primarily for the significance of its swimming pool.
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See also
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References
Buildings and structures in Albemarle County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia
Defunct swimming clubs
Swimming clubs in the United States
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