Porter Pool Bathhouse

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Porter Pool Bathhouse

| nrhp_type =

| image = Porter Pool Bathhouse.jpg

| caption = Porter Pool Bathhouse, August 2011

| location = 501 N. Harrison St., Shelbyville, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|39|31|40|N|85|46|17|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| built = {{Start date|1930}}

| builder = Bohlen, D.A. & Sons; Shelby Construction Co.

| architecture = Art Deco

| added = December 7, 2001

| area = {{convert|4.5|acre}}

| refnum = 01001348{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Porter Pool Bathhouse is a historic bathhouse located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1930, and is a {{frac|1|1|2}}-story, rectangular, Art Deco style brick building.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-07-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/234ac/N/Porter_Pool_Bathhouse_Shelby_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Porter Pool Bathhouse| accessdate = 2016-07-01| author=unknown | format = PDF| date=n.d.}} and Accompanying photographs{{rp|5}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Upon closure of Porter Pool, the property and building has since been repurposed as the Shelby County Tourism and Visitors Bureau Welcome Center and the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.

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