Cuscaden Pool Tampa, Florida

Pool and Headhouse West Facade

Pool and Headhouse West Facade

Pool and Headhouse West Facade

Pool and Headhouse West Facade

Headhouse West Facade

Headhouse West Facade

Pool and Headhouse West Facade

Pool and Headhouse West Facade

New Sign

New Sign

Pool and Headhouse before Rehabilitation

Pool and Headhouse before Rehabilitation

Headhouse East Facade

Headhouse East Facade

Headhouse East Facade before Rehabilitation

Headhouse East Facade before Rehabilitation

Headhouse East Facade before Rehabilitation

Headhouse East Facade before Rehabilitation

Pool and Headhouse West Facade

Pool and Headhouse West Facade

Pool Deck and Headhouse West Facade

Pool Deck and Headhouse West Facade

Pool Deck and Headhouse West Facade before Rehabilitation

Pool Deck and Headhouse West Facade before Rehabilitation

Pool Looking West after Rehabilitation

Pool Looking West after Rehabilitation

Pool Looking West before Rehabilitation

Pool Looking West before Rehabilitation

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I dare ya

Facade Detail after Rehabilitation

Facade Detail after Rehabilitation

Awning Detail

Awning Detail

Ground Floor Locker Room Under Pool Deck before Rehabilitation

Ground Floor Locker Room Under Pool Deck before Rehabilitation

Ground Floor Exercise Room Under Pool Deck after Rehabilitation

Ground Floor Exercise Room Under Pool Deck after Rehabilitation

Max Castro, 1938 - Pool Stud

Max Castro, 1938 - Pool Stud

Historic Overview

Historic Overview

Site Plan

Site Plan

South and East Facades

South and East Facades

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Pool Deck Plan

Pool Deck Plan

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Longitudinal Section

Longitudinal Section

South Elevation

South Elevation

East Facade

East Facade

Client: City of Tampa

Location: 3002 North 15th Street

Site: An existing above grade swimming pool, originally constructed in 1937, in the Barrio Latino Historic District of Ybor City.

Program Challenge: To fully restore the swimming pool and deck and repurpose the ground floor locker rooms for community use. The facility needed to be updated for code compliance, and comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Structures. The building was 8,650 square feet and the pool area was 7,800 square feet.

Solution: Rowe Architects focused it renovation and redesign of the Cuscaden Park Swimming Pool facility on creating usefulness and accessibility for the neighborhood. The existing swimming pool was converted from a diving pool to a heated, year-round community swimming pool with handicapped accessibility. The pool’s wading area for small children and non-swimmers was redesigned as a family-friendly environment with the addition of a colorful, animated water feature. To provide shade, the deck surrounding the pool was partially covered with a fabric awning, reminiscent of an original 1937 un-built design discovered while researching the original construction drawings for the pool.

The original locker rooms below the pool deck were converted into a multi-purpose recreational room, a yoga room, a wellness/fitness room, offices and storage spaces, and a public lobby/reception space. An elevator was also added to make the facility fully handicap accessible and the rehabilitation brought the building up to current codes. An enhanced landscape scheme and expanded public parking areas were also added.

The project was awarded Landmark Status by the Barrio Latino Architectural Review Board, the 2006 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, 2006 Community Design Award from the Tampa/Hillsborough Planning Commission, and the 2006 Banner Award from Tampa Preservation Inc.

  • 2012 Merit Award for Architecture Historic Renovation Category, AIA Tampa Bay
  • 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award, Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc.