Club Baths

At its peak it included 42 bathhouses: Akron, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Camden, Chicago, Cleveland (two locations), Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Detroit, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Key West, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Haven, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. Louis, San Francisco, Tampa, Toledo, Washington, D.C., London (Ontario), and Toronto.

Most of the bathhouses were closed in the 1990s either by government agencies or a changing market after charges were made that it contributed to the spread of AIDS.

[2] The Club was founded in 1965 by John "Jack" W. Campbell (born 1932) and two other investors who paid $15,000 to buy a closed Finnish bath house in Cleveland, Ohio.

Campbell wanted to provide cleaner, brighter amenities that were a contrast to the dark, dirty environment that existed previously.

"[2] Campbell would be active in the fight against the Save Our Children campaign headed by Anita Bryant in the late 1970s.