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Bathhouse Row
Hots Springs National Park aerial.jpg
Aerial view of Bathhouse Row
Bathhouse Row is located in Arkansas
Bathhouse Row
Location in Arkansas
Bathhouse Row is located in the United States
Bathhouse Row
Location in the United States
Location Central Ave. between Reserve and Fountain Sts., in Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built 1892+
Architect several
Architectural style several
NRHP reference No. 74000275
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Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 13, 1974
Designated NHLD May 28, 1987

Bathhouse Row is a collection of bathhouses, associated buildings, and gardens located at Hot Springs National Park in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas. The bathhouses were included in 1832 when the Federal Government took over four parcels of land to preserve 47 natural hot springs, their mineral waters which lack the sulphur odor of most hot springs, and their area of origin on the lower slopes of Hot Springs Mountain.

The existing bathhouses are the third and fourth generations of bathhouses along Hot Springs Creek, and some were built directly over the hot springs. Because of this resource, the area was set aside in 1832 as the first federal reserve. The bathhouses are a collection of turn-of-the-century eclectic buildings in neoclassical, renaissance-revival, Spanish and Italianate styles aligned in a linear pattern with formal entrances, outdoor fountains, promenades, and other landscape-architectural features. The buildings are illustrative of the popularity of the spa movement in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. The bathhouse industry went into a steep decline during the mid-20th century as advancements in medicine made bathing in natural hot springs appear less believable as a remedy for illness.

Bathhouse Row was designated a National Historic Landmark on May 28, 1987.

Images for kids

  • Hot springs bathhouse row map

    Map of Bathhouse Row

  • Buckstaff Bathhouse

    Buckstaff Baths

  • Fordyce Baths Hot Springs 1984

    The Fordyce

  • Stained Glass Skylight Above the DeSoto Fountain, Fordyce Bathhouse, Hot Springs National Park

    Stained Glass Skylight Above the DeSoto Fountain, Fordyce Bathhouse

  • Badevorrichtung15

    Hubbard Tub with wooden patient lift (2006), in the Fordyce.

  • Hot Springs Hale Bathhouse 2006

    Hale

  • Hot Springs Hale 1892

    Hale as built in 1892–1893.

  • Hot Springs Hale 1915-1937

    Hale between 1915 and 1937.

  • Lamar Bathhouse

    The Lamar

  • The Maurice

    The Maurice

  • Hot Springs 053

    The Ozark.

  • Quapaw Baths HABS 1984

    Quapaw Baths in 1984

  • Inside the hot spa (38138413342)

    Spa at Quapaw

  • Superior Baths 001

    Superior Baths

  • Hot Springs National Park Administration Building

    South entrance of Administration building

  • Hot Springs National Park - Grand Promenade

    Grand Promenade

  • Hot Springs NP (Nat Bapt Hotel n Sanitorium)

    National Baptist Hotel and Sanatorium Originally known as the Woodmen of the Union Building (not located on Bathhouse Row)

  • Hots Springs National Park aerial

    Aerial view of Hot Springs National Park showing the historic Bathhouse Row. Fourth from the left is the Fordyce Bathhouse which serves as the park visitor center.

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