Edward Novak of the Charles Altfillisch architectural firm in Decorah designed the facility in the Art Moderne and the International Style.

The project was a partnership between the local government and the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).

The Fred Carlson Company of Decorah, which supervised its construction, hired unemployed men from the area as laborers.

The bathhouse "is the only remaining building from WPA projects of its style and significance in Iowa.

This article about a property in Winneshiek County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.