The Hot Springs national Park is the only American National Park with a private business section running right through it. Directly across the street from Bathhouse Row is a string of flourishing businesses and shops.
The Bathhouses
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The bathhouses in Hot Springs were famous for maintaining a precise water temperature throughout the treatment. The tubs and other implements were constructed so that a steady stream of fresh water flowed in, and out; the water did not cool off even one degree while you were in the tub. As the water was too hot for humans to start with cooling towers were used to reduce the temperature. Originally each bathhouse had its own cooling towers found in the back. Later the cooling towers were centralized so that water temperatures were the same in all bathhouses. |
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The Buckstaff which was built in 1912 is the only
bathhouse
still operating as a bathhouse. It has a neoclassical revival style
which
replaces the wooden Victorian Ramnelsburg. It has
Engaged Tuscan columns which divides the
main facade into
seven bays. These are flanked by pavilions at the north and
south ends.
The fluted columns are tapered narrower at the top. The first floor windows are arched. The second floor windows are rectangular in shape. The third floor has small rectangles with classical urns between them. Dennis Magee said that the first renovation used asbestos in the construction. This had to be removed later. A renovation crew took all of the asbestos out on all of the floors. Not all of the lead paint has been removed yet though. There are two ways to remove lead paint. Number one you can encapsulate it, or number two you can remove it. Most of the bathhouses here have chosen to encapsulate the lead paint, which was a mistake. The Buckstaff management chose to remove theirs and that has proven to be a wise decision. |
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The Fordyce
has been restored and is now the Visitor's Center
for
the Hot Springs National Park. It is one of those "Don't you dare
miss it" experiences. The interpretive videos are terrific, the
displays
are awesome. I was allowed to watch the tourists in the surveillance
monitors for about ten minutes and I did not see anyone who was not
enjoying the
tour as much as I had. One little boy about five years old
was leaping
with excitement, you would swear no one his size could
come off the floor that
far. He did it all through all three levels. Click
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pictures you can download in full size inside the FREE ScreenSaver The Growth of Grandeur 1. The Hale bathhouse is the fifth bathhouse with that
same name. It has been seriously modified twice. It was redesigned in 1938 removing the 1914 neoclassical theme and replacing it with a Spanish revival theme.
The red brick is
now stuccoed. A hip roof was added and covered with gleaming red tiles. Two of the windows received
wrought iron grilles.
The arcuated windows are bent like bows. The double curved parapet
is decorated with terra-cotta. The Lamar bathhouse was named after Secretary of
the interior Lucius Q.C. Lamar. It was built in 1923 and operated until 1985. It was
erected on the site of an 1888 Victorian wooden structure of the same name. It is a
two-story reinforced concrete construction with classical revival columns of symmetry
corners. The sun porch windows have tutor arches that evoke English associations in hopes of bringing more tourists in.
Neckerchief tiles were used in the entrance and lobby murals.
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best protection value available. The Maurice bathhouse was opened in 1912 and The Ozark bathhouse was built in 1922 and closed in
1977. The front sun porch was originally open. Twin towers are tiered and flank the front
entrance. The Spanish revival style is trapezoidal in plan. The bathhouse and 14,000
square feet in it. Decorative cartouches over the windows of pavilions that form the base
of the tower. It replaced a Victorian wooden structure of the same name. The Ozark's scroll and
shield cartouches depict the tree of life. It was selected for the National Park Service's 75th anniversary design. The Quapaw bathhouse was completed in 1922. There
is a large Moorish style dome perched on an octagonal base. It is covered with tiles and
camping with a copper cupola. There is a cartouche above the entrance with a carved Indian
head set into double curved parapets with shells and fish. It has a groin-vaulted sunroof. The Superior bathhouse was built in 1916. It has 23
rooms with 10,655 sq. ft. it replaces the Superior bathhouse built in 1883 branch using
some of the brick from the original. There are two stories of the sun porch. Brick
parapets top the flat roofs. The bath halls feature exceptionally fine marble and brick.
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remodeled in 1915. It is a mix of my Italian and Spanish
Renaissance revival. It was built
on the site of the old
independent bathhouse, and it is a square 100 feet by
100 feet. The
brick and stucco art inset with colored tiles.
The third floor from middle skylight
eliminates the interior
dark paneled Roycroft den. The 30 tubs there offered
650 baths per
day. There is a roof garden with therapeutic
pool on top.
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what the next generation picks up to carry on into all the tomorrows.
If America lived up to its heritage its greatness would last forever."
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