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Former names | Club Baths |
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Address | 303 Southwest 12th Avenue |
Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
Coordinates | 45°31′22″N 122°41′00″W / 45.52281°N 122.68330°W |
Type | Gay bathhouse |
Opened | 1971 |
Closed | 2007 |
Club Portland, previously known as Club Baths or Continental Club Baths, was a gay bathhouse in Portland, Oregon, United States. In its place now is a hotel and a bar by McMenamins.[1]
Description
Located at Southwest 12th Avenue, the business operated 24 hours per day, 365 days of the year. Before closing on June 17, 2007, Club Portland was believed to be the largest bathhouse on the West Coast of the United States and was regarded as a "Stark Street icon of sorts".[2] Writing for Just Out, Stephen Marc Beaudoin describe the final moments of the club as a place that "had become something of a Stark Street eyesore in its waning years".[3]
History
Sources disagree on the opening year. The Portland Mercury has said the business operating as Club Baths in 1971, and later became known as Club Portland.[4][5] The club's official website mentioned "Continental Club Baths" and "since 1967", as of April 2001.[6] Willamette Week has said the club was established by Richard Lawson in 1987.[2]
According to Willamette Week, the club was "often blamed by public health officials and other community leaders as partly responsible for new waves of HIV and STD infections, though those accusations were near-impossible to prove".[2] Just Out magazine and a McMenamins marketing director toured the shuttered club guided by a construction supervisor for the project. After the club closed, construction crew found a file cabinet full of membership and employee records.
when the bathhouse called it quits, leaving highly private records—containing members’ and employees’ full contact information and, sometimes, copies of their driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and other identification—vulnerable to theft and duplication.
Additionally, the guide told them his crew found 100–150 hypodermic needles. When Just Out reached out to the club's former owner and inquired about the records, the magazine says Dick Lawson claimed, "There is nothing that remains of the bath records at this time." McMenamins retained the record and when Lawson was advised of this, he responded, "That's history. The building was sold a year and a half ago, and I will not comment further."[3][7]
See also
References
- ^ "Crystal Hotel Hotel - McMenamins". www.mcmenamins.com. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ a b c Beaudoin, Stephen Marc (June 15, 2007). "Landmark Club Portland Bathhouse Set to Close". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ a b Beaudoin, Stephen Marc (2011). "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road". Archived from the original on January 25, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Mirk, Sarah. "In the Shadows". The Portland Mercury. Portland, Oregon: Index Publishing. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ "Public Policy and Sexual Geography in Portland, Oregon,1970-2010".
- ^ "Club Portland the Largest Gay Bath house for gay males in town". Club PDX. Archived from the original on April 5, 2001. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ Mirk, Sarah (January 20, 2011). "From the Seedy History Files: The Glory-(Hole)-ous Past of McMenamin's New Hotel". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
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