Streets. Baths: People's Baths Milbank Memorial, 1904. 237 East 38th St.
The front entrance of the People's Bath Milbank Memorial public bath house showing separate entrances for men and women. Three boys are sitting or standing on the stairs for the men's entrance.
Museum of the City of New YorkPeople's Baths Milbank Memorial, 1904.
In 1902, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, heiress to the Borden Condensed Milk Company fortune, pledged to donate funds to the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (AICP) for the construction of a public bath. The resulting facility was completed in early 1904 at the cost of $140, 000. The facility was large enough to service more than 3000 bathers in one day.
Today the building is occupied by the Republic of Indonesia's mission to the United Nations.
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