Melbourne City Baths Suburban Icon Poster

People have been swimming on this Swanston Street site since 1860, back when Melbourne's first public baths gave locals somewhere to wash at a time when few homes had a bathroom of their own.

The building you know today opened in 1904. Its red-brick arches, tiled halls and timber balconies wrap around a grand indoor pool beneath a vaulted ceiling, and more than a century on it still feels like a little piece of Federation-era Melbourne.

This print captures that atmosphere perfectly: echoing water, the hint of chlorine and the calm of a morning lap in the middle of the city.

This Melbourne City Baths poster is an original Suburban Icons artwork by Historic Prints, available as an A4, A3, A2 or A1 art print. A thoughtful gift and a standout piece of Melbourne wall art for any home or office.