Champagne Bath

Originally, the structure was built for the greater hygiene of the largely working class residents of the neighbourhood, many of whom had no baths in their homes.

The building, a blend of the Spanish Colonial Revival and Prairie Styles, was designed by Werner Ernst Noffke.

It was segregated by sex until 1967 with separate ground level entrances for women and men.

In the 1980s, after the completion of the Le Patro facility, the city proposed closing the Champagne Bath.

After public protest it was decided to renovate instead, at the cost of some two million dollars.