An original set of blueprints for a Bintz Swimming Pool in Lansing, Mich., was donated to the City of Fayette last week.

The gift came from Mr. Kim Bradshaw of Odessa, Mo., who inherited the blueprints from his grandparents, who owned and operated a Bintz pool in Lima, Ohio.

Mr. Bradshaw and his wife, Barbara, were in Fayette recently to tour Fayette’s historic pool and make the presentation.

“We are very grateful for the gift of this historic document, which will be framed and displayed at City Hall,” said Pam Huttsell, member of Friends of Historic Fayette Memorial Pool.  “The gift couldn’t come at a better time since the city is currently administering a grant to fund the installation of ADA bathrooms. Many, many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw.”

The blueprints are from 1950 and hold historical value to Fayette because the 90-year-old  pool at the Fayette city park was designed by Wesley Bintz.

The Art Deco, above-ground pool was funded with assistance from the Works Progress Administration. It opened and was dedicated on July 4, 1936. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 1999, and designated a local historic landmark on Dec. 6, 2011. The two-story entrance was constructed as Howard County’s World War I Memorial. A sign designating the pool as a memorial is on the second floor of the entrance building.

Huttsell presented the plans to the city on Tuesday night, July 14, during the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen. They are to be put on public display.

“Mr. Bradshaw wanted to make sure these blueprints go to a community that appreciates it. And naturally, he was looking for a community with a Bintz pool,” Huttsell told the council.

Only two Bintz pools remain in Missouri: the one here in Fayette and one in  Chaffee, near Cape Girardeau.

Mr. Bradshaw contacted Fayette, and plans were made to present the blueprints.

The pool is still used today by swimmers during the summer. It is undergoing Phase 1 of a project that rehabilitates the bathrooms to make them ADA compliant.  The bathrooms will also be accessible from the south side of the pool, near the splash pad, and will be available for public use.

In November, it was announced the pool was selected as a recipient of a grant from the 2025 Land and Water Conservation Fund administered by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks. Fayette’s proposal totals $81,460 and is a 50/50 matching grant, with the federal/state share listed as $40,730. Contributions and in-kind work will make up the other half.