Walters Bath No. 2 is a historic bath house

Public bathing

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 located in Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. It is a small brick building of 40 feet by 70.5 feet laid in Flemish bond

Brickwork

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 with black headers and Maryland limestone

Limestone

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 trimming. It was constructed in a very simplified form of Renaissance Revival architecture popularized at the turn of the 20th century. The bath house was built for the City of Baltimore by Henry Walters

Henry Walters

Henry Walters was president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad until he retired in 1902. He was founder of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.-Biography:...

 (1848-1931), who contributed four bath houses to the city. It was designed by architect George Archer and constructed in 1901. The public bath system was abolished at the end of 1959.

Walters Bath No. 2 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1979.

External links

• Walters Bath No. 2, Baltimore City, including photo from 1975, at Maryland Historical Trust