Edgemont Recreation Centers

"The House of Joy"

(Owned by M L Lester)

Located on 24th & Brown St was a recreational center for teens in the neighborhood.  A place where they could get together.

Edgemont Action/Community Center: After the resident known as the John Anderson Store and a Private Resident, it became the Edgemont Action/Community Center under Mrs Ernestine Watlington.

Edgemont Recreation Association: Was organized and incorporated in September 1967,It evolved from a Mother's Club which was concerned about the lack of recreation for the youth in Edgemont.  Mrs Oscar Daniels worked with the Mother's Club and Mrs Spencer Nauman to bring a swimming pool for neighborhood youth. The ground breaking for the swimming pool took place in August 1968. The Association went through many changes in the 1970's and 1980's and ended

The Edgemont Swimming Pool ground breaking took place in August 1968 and the pool closed down in the 1980's.