Public Bath No. 7
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Public Bath No. 7 | |
 Public Bath 7, April 2020 | |
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| Location | 227-231 Fourth Ave., New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′36″N 73°59′0″W / 40.67667°N 73.98333°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | Almirall, Raymond F. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002275 [1] |
| NYCL No. | 1287 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 12, 1985 |
| Designated NYCL | September 11, 1984 |
Public Bath No. 7 is a historic bathhouse located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City. It was designed by Brooklyn architect Raymond F. Almirall.[2] It was built between 1906 and 1910 and is constructed of white glazed brick and limestone colored terracotta blocks. The design is based on a Renaissance palazzo. It measures three bays by five bays. The bathhouse was converted to a gymnasium in 1937.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
In the 1990s, it was converted to a private events space and renamed The Lyceum.[2]
The building was placed for sale at a foreclosure auction in early 2013;[4][5] the next year, Greystone acquired the building for $7.6 million.[6][7] The previous owner, Eric Richmond, filed a lawsuit in 2015, claiming that the building had illegally been auctioned even after he had appealed a bankruptcy judge's ruling to auction the property.[8][9]
In 2017, the building finished restoration.[2] The building was sold for $10 million in 2018; at the time, it contained a Blink Fitness location.[10][11]
