(AP) — The Lincoln Parks & Recreation will seek historic designation for the old Municipal Pool bathhouse, where black residents were once denied entry.

The city’s Historic Preservation Commission approved the parks department’s plans last week. The city-county Planning Commission and the City Council will review the recommendation before it goes to the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office for approval.

The building is considered a good example of Spanish colonial architecture of the 1920s. The pool was closed in the 1970s, and the bathhouse was converted to offices in 2007.

When it opened in the 1920s, the pool was barred to black residents of Lincoln. It remained so until the late 1950s.