Public Bath House No. 1

A one-story brick bath house raised on a high base above the sidewalk. Its front rose at the center to a curved gable pierced by a quatrefoil opening, flanked by low roofs of clay tile. Separate round-arched doorways at either end, each reached by its own flight of steps, were framed by light stone surrounds with pilasters capped by ball finials. Between them a broad multipane window sat in a plain stone frame above a planter box.

Public Bath House No. 1 was the first of six bath houses the city of St. Louis built for residents of crowded neighborhoods without indoor plumbing. It opened in 1907 at 1114 North 10th Street, near Carr Street, with forty-one showers and one tub for men and separate facilities for women. It had closed by 1965. The building was later demolished, and townhouses now stand on the site.