Forest Park Swim Center
Tour: Forest Park (Everett)
Forest Park Swim Center, Everett, October 23, 2021, Photo by Denise Ohio
Fall foliage near Forest Park Swim Center, Everett, October 23, 2021, Photo by Margaret Riddle
Fall foliage near Forest Park Swim Center, Everett, October 23, 2021, Photo by Margaret Riddle
Everett City Councilman Carl Gipson, 1970s, Photo by Neil House, Courtesy Everett Public Library
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Forest Park Swim Center
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A proposed project of Everett City Councilman Carl Gipson (1924-2019), the Swim Center opened in 1975, on the site of the zoo’s Monkey House. It was built first with a removable roof that was replaced in the 1980s with a permanent one following a severe windstorm. Well into the 1980s, swimmers enjoyed watching the park’s roaming peacocks peer in from outside through the building’s large windows. In 2020 and 2021, the Swim Center temporarily closed due to Covid 19 protocol.
Retrace your steps back past Floral Hall to the Recreation building
