A pavilion likely was constructed on this site shortly after Koehler Park was acquired by the city in 1915, and the perimeter wall stonework indicates that the structure dates to the period between the middle 1920s to the late 1930s. The entire roofing system is supported by regularly spaced interior columns. A central frame structure, covered by a hipped roof, rises in the center. The overhanging roof is supported by columns that rest on stone perimeter walls. The Koehler Pavilion is built of stone, concrete, and wood and is roofed with standing‐seam sheet metal. The projecting balcony is supported by round stone columns. A stone stairway with wrought iron railing accesses a second-story balcony that overlooks the playground and river. The north end features a parapet in the “Alamo” style. An interior stone stairway with wrought iron railing leads to a balcony overlooking the river on the south end. A tall chimney pot tops the structure on the south. The chimney on the south end has a splayed base with inset, arched openings that reflect larger openings on the east and west sides of the structure. It has massive chimneys at the north and south ends. The structure of dark random‐coursed stone was designed by Emmett Jackson and erected in 1926. The Joske Memorial Pavilion, one of the park’s signature structures, was built with a $10,000 bequest to the city from the estate of retailer Alexander Joske. The playground, named for George Brackenridge’s sister, has occupied this site since the 1920s. Immediately on the left of the road after crossing the iron truss bridge are the Eleanor Brackenridge playground and Joske Pavilion. The bridge over the acequia channel has an arched railing of concrete and stone, while the bridge over the water works channel has a stone rail on the north side and no railing on the south side. The water works channel, which goes underground at this point, originally carried water to power the adjacent pump house (see No. Beyond the electric pump station, the service road first crosses the Upper Labor acequia channel and then the water works canal channel. A plaque on the building reads=> “City Water Board, Brackenridge Park Electric Pump Station #3, March 1940, Conrad A.
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The building has metal casement windows on two sides and is roofed with red and green clay barrel tile. Located on the west bank of the Upper Labor acequia channel, this building was constructed to house an electrically powered pump that sent water to an elevated storage tower northwest of Brackenridge Park. As the service road proceeds southeast to reconnect with the main road, there is a small square limestone structure on the left.
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