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The Buckstaff Bathhouse opened with an aggressive effort to promote its image, including a huge rooftop sign aimed at people staying in the large hotels a block away. While other bathhouses lost character as they modernized, the Buckstaff preserved its historic appearance and stressed its reputation for service. Built in 1911 in a neoclassical style that park superintendent Harry Meyers said resembled the Irish House of Parliament, it survived as competitors closed between 1962 and 1985 and remains the only operating bathhouse on Bathhouse Row from the Golden Age of Bathing.
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