#OnThisDay—2 Feb 1878—the formal opening of the Victoria Baths Club at Butterbiggins Road took place on completion of its #TurkishBaths—reported as being 'the only specimen we have in #Glasgow of the Moorish style of architecture'. The design competition was won by local architect T L Watson. A unique study compared the stoves at the Victoria & Arlington Baths Clubs.(https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2fAUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA493&hl=ar&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false). Closed 'for the duration of the war' in 1942, the club never re-opened.
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