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Turkish baths in North America

Last updated: 24 September 2008
           

Establishments are arranged alphabetically by country, city, and address.

Dates in red are sightings
Dates in blue are accurate openings or closures to the best of our knowledge

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Canada

This table was last updated on 21 April 2008

           

Any Turkish baths which might still remain open in Canada
are not specifically indicated as such in the table

                

DAWSON CITY: Turkish Baths 1898
EDMONTON: Jasper Ave (9608): Edmonton (post-1937 Georgia) Turkish Baths 1913—1978
HALIFAX: Hollis St (57): Turkish Baths 1898
MONTREAL: Dorchester Street West (580) Crescent Turkish Bath 1908—1922
MONTREAL: Monique St (140-144): The Turkish Bath Hotel (McBean's) 1869—1911
MONTREAL: Vitre St / Joté St: Turkish Baths 1863
QUEBEC: Hotel Manoir Victoria  (Destroyed by fire) 1895—1902
TORONTO: Bannatyne Ave (283-5): Travellers Building Turkish Baths  1906—1940s
TORONTO: Centre Ave (34-6): Russian Turkish  
TORONTO: King St West (176): Cook’s Turkish Baths 1874 —1949
TORONTO: Queen West (223): Toronto Turkish and Vapor Baths (Dr Diamond) 1876—1890
TORONTO: Yonge St: W T Pember's Art Hair Goods House & Turkish Baths  1897
VANCOUVER: Sultan Turkish Baths 1907
VICTORIA: Crystal Garden 1925—1967?
VICTORIA: Government Street (87): San Francisco Turkish Baths 1891,2,3
VICTORIA: Bastion Square (6): Victoria Turkish Baths  1892-3

VICTORIA: Yates Street (76): Turkish-Electric Baths

      1893     
   

 

 

United Staes of America

This table was last updated on 09 June 2009

 

The handful of Turkish baths which might still remain open in the USA
are not specifically indicated as such in the table

 
Alaska
Cordova: Main St: Turkish Baths 1910
Juneau: Juneau Sanitarium (Lying-in Hospital for Ladies) Turkish baths 1910
Juneau: Treadwell Club 1912
Valdes: Turkish Bath 1915
California
Los Angeles: 2nd St: Hammam Turkish Baths 1896
Los Angeles: W 7th St (431): Los Angeles Athletic Club 1912—1920
Los Angeles: W 3rd St (219): Metropolitan Barber Shop & Turkish Bath 1911
Los Angeles: Eastlake Sulphur Baths: Turkish Baths 1903
Los Angeles: Grand Ave: Biltmore [Hotel] Turkish Baths 1930s
Los Angeles: Redondo Beach Turkish Baths 1909—1941

Los Angeles: South Broadway (535): Ladies' Turkish Baths

c.1900

Los Angeles: South Main St (230): Turkish and Other Baths 1895

Los Angeles: South St/Hill St: Consol.Realty Bldg:Sultan Turkish Baths

1913

Los Angeles: Venice Beach: Main Street: Turkish Baths c.1910
San Diego: 4th St: Turkish Baths c.1910
San Diego: San Diego Club: Turkish Baths 1934
San Francisco: Ellis St: Turkish Baths (Men only)  1911—1980s
San Francisco: The Hammam 1875—
San Francisco: Post St (222): The Post Street Turkish Baths  1894, 1901
San Francisco: Post St (624): Sultan Turkish Baths 1905—1928
San Francisco: Calvin Huyett's Turkish Baths (destroyed in 'quake) —1906
Colorado
Colorado Springs: Broadmoor Hotel Turkish Baths 1918—
Denver: 17th St (321): Brown Palace Hotel Turkish Baths  1892—  
Denver: Larimer (450): J M Case Turkish Baths  1874, 1875
Denver: Windsor Hotel Turkish Baths  1896, 1897

Connecticut

Hartford: Asylum Street (167-9): Hartford Turkish Bath          
Hartford: Easton's Turkish Bath 1884
Meridou: Easton's Turkish baths 1884
New Haven: Turkish Bath     1890s    
New Haven: Yale University Gymnasium Turkish Bath 1890—1932
New Haven: Temple Street (152): Hotel Liberty Turkish Baths   
Wallingford: Wallingford Turkish Bath   1875   
District of Columbia
Washington: East Street (903): Shedd's Turco-Russian Baths   1872   
Washington: Grand Union Station Turkish Baths   1908—
Washington: Rowland's Turkish Bath 1907
Florida
Key West: Gato's VIllage: Dr Fraga's Turkish Baths c.1888
St Augustine: Alcazar Hotel Turkish Bath 1888—1910+
Georgia
Atlanta: Decatur St (10): Turkish Baths 1889
Atlanta: Dr Stainback's Hygienic Institute and Turkish Bath  1877
Illinois
Bloomington: Turkish and Electro-Thermal Bath Institute (Hy Conkling) 1879—
Chicago: Michigan Blvd / 23rd St: Metropole Hotel Turkish Baths  1891
Chicago: Palmer House Turkish Baths 1880s, 1890s
Chicago: West North Avenue (2039): Turkish Russian Baths  
Collinsville: Seminary St: Bischoff's Turkish Bath House 1909
Galeburg: Union Hotel and Turkish Bath 1912
Peoria: Main Street (319): Peoria Turkish baths -1911—1956+
Quincy: Jersey Ave (514)  1903-1931
Springfield: Pierik Bldg: Turkish Bath Parlors (John E Jackson, Mgr) 1902
Indiana
La Porte: Michigan Ave / Jefferson Av: Stewart's Turkish Baths & Barbers 1911
Iowa
Burlington: Sloth Hill: Turkish Baths 1877
Davenport: Turkish Baths 1878
Dubuque: Turkish Baths 1878
Mason City: Turkish Bath & Treatment Parlor  
Postville: Parker's Barber Shop, John Moir's Turkish Baths 1887
Prairie du Chien: Turkish Baths 1887
Waterloo: Waterloo Sulphur and Turkish Baths 1942
Kansas
Atchinson: Baird Wilson's Turkish Baths 1879—1882+
Hutchinson: W 1st St (28) The F  A Manda Salt Water Natatorium 1908—
Kentucky
Louisville: Galt House Turkish Bath 1869—1919
Louisiana
New Orleans: Jung Hotel Turkish Bath 1930
New Orleans: Bourbon St: Osborne Turkish Bath    1898    
New Orleans: Canal St: Ladies' Turkish Bath   1925—1949  
New Orleans: St Charles Ave (211): St Charles Hotel Turkish Bath 1903—1974
Maryland
Baltimore: Howard St: Turkish Baths —1905     
Baltimore: Madison Ave (2100): Turkish Baths and Gymnasium  1901—
Baltimore: Rowland's Turkish Baths  1920s  
Hagerstown: Turkish baths  1908    
Massachusetts
Boston: Beacon St (17): Bellevue Turkish Baths (Dis Lewis) 1930s  
Boston: Exeter St / Boylston St: Boston Athletic Association Clubhouse 1889—1936
Boston: Massachusetts Ave (337): Massachusetts Baths 1913   
Boston: St Botolph St (42): Lundin's Turkish Baths for women 1911, 1928  
Boston: Tremont St (176): Tremont Turkish Baths for men (Adolph S Lundin) 1901, 1912 
Boston: Washington St (1427): Boston Turkish and Vapor Baths 1871   
Boston: Essex Street: Dr Adam's Turkish Baths 1867—
Lawrence: Prospect St (334): Dr Louis F Eidam's Turkish Baths 1880s  
Springfield: Cooley House: D F Sweeney's Turkish & Russian Baths 1894—
Springfield: Court Street: Springfield Turkish Baths (E E Pratt) 1880s  
Worcester: Sudbury St (1): Jensen’s Turkish, Russian, Roman Baths 1897  
Michigan
Hancock: Reservation (306)  
Saginaw: N Hamilton (208): Turkish Baths  1902-7
Minnesota
Duluth: Kassmir's Turkish Bath Parlors 1903
Minneapolis: Metropolitan Building: Turkish Baths 1890—
Minnesota: Hyndman Electro-Medical Institute Turkish Baths 1874
Moorhead: 4th St South (13): Peter J Roberts, Turkish Baths 1915
Mississippi
Biloxi: Buena Vista Hotel Turkish Baths 1930s
Detroit: W Vernor Highway (1377): New Detroit Turkish Baths   1930s  
Joplin: Keystone Barber Shop and  Turkish Bath 1912
Missouri
Kansas City: New Coates House Turkish Bath 1891 ,1898
St Louis: Grand Ave/Franklin Ave: Vista Turkish Bath House 1902
St Louis: Lucas Ave/4th St: Belcher Water Bath and Hotel Company   1910s  
St Louis: North Seventh St (311):  Dr Adams Turkish Bath House   1873—
St Louis: Washington Ave (1603): Dr Adams Turkish Bath House   1869—1874
Nebraska
Beatrice: Turkish, Electro-medicated and Russian Baths   1887—
Omaha: Farnam St (1424) Turkish baths (J F Faux) 1890
Omaha: Dr Dinsmoor's Sanitarium Turkish baths 1878?, 1882
Omaha: Iler Grand Hotel: European Plan Turkish baths 1901  
New Jersey
Atlantic City: President Hotel Turkish Baths 1934  
Newark: Charlton St (36): The Charlton Baths 1920s, 1930s
Newark: Howard St (147): The Howard Baths 1920s, 1930s
Newark: Mercer St (32): The Mercer Baths 1920s, 1930s
Paterson: Charles Haeberle's Turkish baths  -1907—1940s
Paterson: Church Street (45): Luxor Turkish baths 1907  
New York
Albany: State St (163) Turkish baths Russian baths 1890  
Binghampton: Main St (40½) Turkish baths 1920  
Buffalo: Delaware Avenue (207) BPOE HQ for Elks 1940s
Buffalo: Main St (663) : Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute T Baths 1878, 1894
Buffalo: Mohawk Baths: Turkish, Sulpher, Electric, Russian Baths  1930
Buffalo: Monument D S Morgan Building: Turkish Baths 1909, 1912
Elmira: East Hill: Elmira Water Cure Turkish Baths (Rachel Brooks Gleason) 1880
Elmira: Lake St (167): Palace Turkish Baths (Peter Flynn) 1917
New York City: 2nd Ave (146): Emile Pisco's Russian and Turkish Baths 1897
New York City: 5th Ave (146): Abel Easton's Turkish Baths 1881
New York City: 5th Ave / W 34th St: Waldorf-Astoria Turkish Baths 1905,  —1929
New York City: 3rd St (306): Fensterheim's Turkish Baths 1914
New York City: 14th St: New York Turkish Baths 1872, 1877
New York City: 46th St, Brooklyn: Turkish Baths (Destr. Windsor Hotel fire) —1899
New York City: 59th St/6th Ave: New York Athletic Club  1898—
New York City: E 4th St: Turkish Baths 1884
New York City: E 46th St (26): Browning's Russian and Turkish Baths 1869
New York City: E New York Ave (1387), Brooklyn: Shumer's Turkish Baths 1919
New York City: W 24th St (7): Imperial (later, Hollman House) Turkish Baths   1876—1887+
New York City: W 26th St (41): Miller's Turkish, Electric, and Roman Baths   1870—1891+
New York City: W 28th St (28): Men's Turkish Baths (Everard Baths) 1888—1985  
New York City: W 42nd St (47):  Fleischman's Turkish & Russian Baths 1893, 1920  
New York City: W 46th St (121): Luxor Baths Hotel: Turkish & Russian Baths ?
New York City: W 73rd St (253):  Level Club (Masonic hotel): Turkish Baths 1931  
New York City: W125th St, Harlem: Frederick Hollender's Turkish Baths  1901—
New York City: Broadway: Turkish, Russian and Greek Baths 1890s  
New York City: Broadway: Woolworth building 1913—
New York City: Broadway (842): Turkish Baths 1870  
New York City: Broadway (1265-9): Herald Square Turkish Baths 1908  
New York City: Broadway (2109): Ansonia Hotel Turkish Baths 1904—1967
New York City: Broome St/The Bowery: Easton's Gentlemen's Turkish baths 1882, 1884
New York City: Bushwick Avenue: St Catherine's Hospital Turkish Bath 1896—
New York City: Clark St (51) Brooklyn: Hotel St George Turkish Baths 1885—1940s 
New York City: Clinton St (32): The Brooklyn Turkish Bath Co 1880—1902+
New York City: Columbia St (63) Brooklyn: Dr Shepard's Turkish Baths Note 1 below
New York City: Court St (177) Brooklyn: Turkish Baths 1867—
New York City: Delancey St: Libby's Hotel and Russian-Turkish Baths 1926—1929
New York City: Essex St (102): Abraham Levy's Turkish Baths   1896  
New York City: Herald Square: McAlpin Hotel Turkish Baths 1905, 1917
New York City: Hester St (21-23): Abraham Stern's Turkish & Russian Baths 1905
New York City: Jay St (302): Turkish Baths   1884—
New York City: Lafayette Pl (188): Turkish Baths 1877—
New York City: Laight St: Hygienic Hotel and Baths Institute,  Note 2 below
New York City: Lee Ave: William Smyer's Turkish Baths  
New York City: Lexington Ave (61): Dr Angell's Turkish Baths 1867—1887+
New York City: Madison Ave: Colony Club Turkish Baths 1907—
New York City: Raymond St: Benton's Turkish Baths for horses 1876
New York City: Smith St, Burham's Academy of Phys. Culture, Turkish Bath     1869—   
New York City: Biltmore Hotel, Biltmore Baths 1931
New York City: Manitoba Hotel Turkish Baths 1896
New York City: Pennsylvania Hotel Turkish Baths 1924, 1925
Olean: Turkish baths 1885
Rochester: Chestnut St (50): Columbus Club Turkish Baths 1929
Rochester: N Fitzhaugh St (44-46): New Turkish Bath Hotel 1910, 1920
Rochester: State St (59 & 61): Turkish Baths (Chas S Hussey) 1870, 1875
Saratoga Springs: S Broadway (99): Washington Bath House -1900—1917
Saratoga Springs: Dr Strong's Sanitarium Turkish Baths 1860s, 1913
Syracuse: YMCA Turkish Baths (William M'Clements) 1919
Syracuse: E Jefferson St (208): La Concha Turkish Baths 1893, 1894
Syracuse: Market St (117): Turkish Baths 1924
Utica: Blandina St (17): Turkish Baths (William M'Clements) 1893
Watertown:State St (22): Meyer & Gibson Turkish Baths 1904
North Dakota
Fargo: Broadway (305-7): Dixon Building: Ladies' Turkish Bath    1905—
Ohio
Cincinnati: Hotel Munro Turkish Baths  
Cincinnati: Hotel Newland and Turkish Baths  
Cleveland: Jung's Turkish Baths 1927, 1935
Columbus: Grant Hospital Turkish Baths    1910   
Lima: Turkish Baths   1889  
Newark: Turkish Baths for Ladies 1886
Toledo: Superior (216) 1887, 1902
Wheeler: Turkish Baths 1903—
Oregon
Portland: N W Everett (707): Golden West Hotel Turkish Baths  1905-1929
Portland: Dr Torea's Turkish Baths  1888
Pennsylvania
Lititz: Lititz Springs Sanitarium: Turkish and Russian Baths 1908—
Meadville: Trust Company Building: Turkish Bath Parlours  1910 -ish
Philadelphia: 12th St: Turkish Baths  c.1905—1970s
Philadelphia: N 7th St (973): Bershad's New Turkish & Russian Baths  1905 -ish
Philadelphia: N 10th St/Filbert St, The Bathurst Hotel  1898
Philadelphia: S 3rd St (511-3):Weiner's Turkish baths  1910 -ish
Philadelphia: Camac St/Walnut St: Camac Turkish Baths  
Philadelphia: Chestnut St (1330) ?: Turkish Baths   
Philadelphia: Chestnut St (1820) ?: Turkish Baths  1885 
Philadelphia: S Broad St/Walnut St: Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Turkish Baths    1904—1976 
Philadelphia: Walnut St: Turkish and Russian Baths    1891— 
Wilkes Barre: Alexander Schwarz's Russian and Turkish Baths 1890—1892+
Rhode Island
Providence: Aborn St (9): Sanitary Gymnasium, Russian & Turkish Baths  1890, 1913
South Dakota
Aberdeen: South Main (513): S H Logan's Turkish Baths 1877
Mitchell: Wade and Babcock Turkish Bath Rooms 1909
Mitchell: E 5th St (1112): Smith's Turkish Bath & Treatment 1923
Tennessee
Knoxville: Gay St: Lovell's Electro-Turkish Bath  -1915—1932+
Knoxville: Walnut St: Raymond Lovell's Sanatorium Turkish Bath  1905—191?
Nashville: Charles Breyer's Russian and Turkish Baths   1890s
Texas
Austin: 6th St / Congress Ave: Littlefield Building Turkish Baths  1916—  
Fort Worth: The National Turkish Bath  
Houston: Bender Hotel 1920s—2004
Utah
Salt Lake City: Turkish Baths  1870—
Salt Lake City: W 3rd South Street (52): The Sanitarium Turkish Baths  1912—1920
Salt Lake City: W 3rd South Street (127): Hamilton Hotel Turkish Baths  —c.1900
Virginia
Norfolk: Atlantic St (55): Turkish Baths and Rooms 1910
South Hill: Stevens Point Turkish Baths 1877
Washington
Seattle: Pioneer Square Turkish Baths 1890s  
Spokane: Coeur d'Alene Hotel (?): Turkish Baths 1894—
Takoma: Pacific Ave (1130): Tacoma Turkish Baths 1890s—1920s
West Virginia
Berkeley Springs: Turkish Bath House 1887, 1910s
Huntington: 4th Ave (940) Frederick Hotel Turkish Baths 1906—1973
Parkersburg: Herschel's Turkish-Russian Baths 1907
Wheeling: S Eoff St (3327-3331): Haskins Hospital Turkish Baths 1900—1915
Wisconsin
La Crosse: Main St (204): Turkish Baths (J C Perkins, Propr) 1895
La Crosse: Main St (318-20): Linker Hotel, Barber Shop and Turkish Bath 1916—1937
images, notes
La Crosse: Main St (328): Linker Brothers Turkish Baths Parlors 1900—1916
images, notes
La Crosse: Main St (329): Linker Brothers Turkish Baths 1895
images, notes
La Crosse: Main St (329): Turkish Baths (Weidner & Taggart), (W H Webb) 1900, 1905
La Crosse: N 3rd St (125): Turkish Bath Institute (James L Peterson, Propr) 1890
La Crosse: S Front St (121): Turkish Bath Institute (Mather & Hemrick, Prs) 1885—
Milwaukee: E Wisconsin Avenue (424): Turkish Baths 1880s—1920s
Milwaukee: Hotel Davidson Turkish Baths 1895
Milwaukee: Kaiser's Hair Bazaar and Turkish Baths c.1910
Sparta: Sparta Turkish Bath Institute 1874
Watertown: N 2nd St: George Zoelle's Turkish Baths 1903—1942

 

 

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