They replaced in popularity the older floating baths in the Brisbane River, and provided an important hygiene/sanitation facility in Spring Hill.

[1] Enoggera contractor William McCallum Park built the structure to a design by city engineer Thomas Kirk, completing the work in August 1886.

On the evening of 9 December 1886 and amid great ceremony, the baths were opened by the Mayor of Brisbane, James Hipwood, who took the first plunge.

The Mayor was followed by Alderman Watson, Mr. C. E. Birkbeck (Ithaca Divisional Board) and the representatives of the Musgrave and Brisbane Amateur Swimming Clubs.

As the Brisbane River grew more polluted, chemicals were added to the pool water, and finally a filtration system was installed in 1961.

[1] In 1902 a gallery and diving platform were erected at the western end of the baths, necessitating the removal of several of the dressing sheds.

In recent years the club room has accommodated an art gallery, and the pool has been used for a variety of purposes, including community theatre.

[1] The Spring Hill Baths is a two-storeyed rendered brick building with a pitched corrugated galvanised iron roof on steel trusses.

[1] Lightweight steel trusses span the full width of the swimming hall, resting on engaged brick piers.

[1] Apart from the addition of a filtration system and toilets, the baths remain intact in form, structure and interior detail.

[1] Spring Hill Baths was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.