A bath house is a place where people bathe. The term is most commonly used for public bath houses, where people bathe publicly. Public bath houses offer varying degrees of privacy; some are segregated by sex and/or age, while others offer private baths, and are only public in the sense that anyone may use the facilities.
Bath houses are relatively rare in Western societies; most people in such cultures utilize private bathing facilities. However, other cultures have a long tradition of public bath house use; for example, see the Japan. The sweat lodges of various Native American cultures may be considered bath houses, although they do not involve immersion in water.
The varied architectural styles of the Bathhouses are pulled together by the linear greenbelts of the Magnolia Promenade and the Grand Promenade, and by the plantings of smaller hedges and bushes that soften the edges of the spaces between the buildings.
Bathhouse Row is the largest collection of twentieth century bathhouses remaining in the United States, and it represents the high point of that industry when it reached its peak from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Bathhouse Row is also one of the few collections of historic bathhouse remaining in the United States.
Fleck's club won't be the only gay bathhouse in Cleveland, but the announcement of its opening has rung alarm bells in the local gay and public health communities.
The Romans built public bathhouses in their cities that contained hot, cool and tepid pools believed to be good for health.
On the roof of the bathhouse, workers prepare to spread tons of sand for a nude sunbathing area.
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