A one-story stone bath house in Pueblo, built as part of a Works Progress Administration project in the mid-1930s, is receiving $234,300 in preservation and renovation funds.
Located in Pueblo’s City Park, the structure was earlier slated for demolition but was saved when members of the Pueblo City Council late last year voted to declare the building a historic landmark.
That designation allowed a group called the Friends of City Park to apply for grant funding to make upgrade improvements to the building.
The $234,300 is coming from the State Historical Fund as run by the non-profit organization called History Colorado.
According to a History Colorado press release, the funding will pay for the first phase stabilization of the structure’s exterior and interior, while also mitigating moisture damage. Eventual work will see the restoration of the bath house’s steel-framed windows, and the installation of new electrical and plumbing systems.
Encompassing around 2,000 square feet, the bath house is made up of heavy sandstone masonry blocks.
Support for the bath house project is part of nearly $6 million in funding History Colorado is spending on some 33 historic preservation projects in the state.
August 14, 2026
By Garry Boulard
Photo courtesy of History Colorado and Friends of City Park
