“The last public bath in the city”
From a neighbor: There is an interesting photo in the Times Dispatch today of the Grace Arents public baths on the 500 block of Belvidere. Click here for photo. Caption: In May 1952, the Richmond City Council ended a longtime city service: the Grace Arents public baths, in the 500 block of South Belvidere Street. […]
From a neighbor:
There is an interesting photo in the Times Dispatch today of the Grace Arents public baths on the 500 block of Belvidere.
Caption: In May 1952, the Richmond City Council ended a longtime city service: the Grace Arents public baths, in the 500 block of South Belvidere Street. As a Times-Dispatch story noted: “The last public bath in the city … finally bowed to old age and the home bathtub and shower.” Arents, who lived from 1848 to 1926, was a local philanthropist and niece of Lewis Ginter.
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