{"nrhp_refnum":"85003366","name":"Public Bath House No. 3","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"48 Yonkers Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yonkers","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.93515969100008,"lon":-73.88919527399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Public Bath House #3 is a municipal bath house at 48 Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, built in 1909 to designs by local architect George S. Cowles. It is a two-story red brick building on a small corner lot.","why_significant":"It is the third of four original bath houses the City of Yonkers built to provide sanitary facilities for its working-class population. It is an excellent example of Second Renaissance Revival municipal architecture with unusual polychrome tile and brickwork. Its plan, which includes a plunge pool, shows the shift of bath houses from purely sanitary to recreational uses.","narrative":"Public Bath House #3 occupies a corner lot at 48 Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, New York. Completed in 1909 to designs by local architect George S. Cowles, with P.J. Flannery as mason, it was the third of four bath houses the city built to give working-class residents access to sanitary facilities. The red brick facade is laid in header bond and divided into five bays, with segmental pediments over separate men's and women's entrances, round-arched second-story windows, sculptured consoles, and a tiled parapet. Polychrome tile and ornamental brickwork set it apart from the frame houses around it. Inside, a reception area, a bath area with a mosaic-tile plunge pool and shower stalls, and a second-floor custodian's apartment remain in their original arrangement. The pool reflects a change in thinking, as bath houses moved from purely sanitary purposes toward recreation. Remodeled in 1930 and 1958, it still operates as a municipal pool.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect George S. Cowles; builder P.J. Flannery (mason)","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is rated fair; the building now serves as a municipal pool, and deterioration is listed as a threat. It was remodeled in 1930 and 1958.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.179801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85003366.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003366/d2aa920b70-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003366/d2aa920b70-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bath_House_3_east_close_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bath_House_3_east_close_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315493","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Bath_House_No._3","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257325"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/public-bath-house-no-3-85003366/"}