I got myself into a smaller version of this kind of project when I wondered about an old city building that sat in the middle of a parking lot. It took months but I discovered how to use plat maps, old records, and more that the city library had in its collection. It turned out it was part of a public bath house and pool that the city built in the early 20th century as part of a movement to ensure proper hygiene for the lower class. It was on a busy city street that got split in two when an interstate was built. Today the block the building is on is just a short dead-end street, all the activity is on the other side of the highway.

The building was sold by the city a while back and turned into apartments.