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Bathhouse Row

Hot Springs, Arkansas
County of Garland.
Hot Springs National Park, East side of Central Avenue
National Register Number: 74000275
 Resource type: District.
Property type: Health Care - resort. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2008.
Congressional District: AR-4 Certified Local Government: YES
This NHL offers public access.
Please contact the NHL directly for visitor information.
Current use/information: National Park; See www.nps.gov/hosp.
Web Site: www.nps.gov/hosp/expanded/home.htm.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 28, 1987):
This, the largest grouping of bathhouses in the country, illustrates the popularity of the spa movement in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is also an excellent collection of turn-of-the-century eclectic buildings in the Neoclassical, Renaissance Revival, Spanish, and Italianate styles. The hot springs are the resource for which the area was set aside as the first Federal recreational reserve in 1832.

Condition:
There are no new threats to the NHL.

One of the Bathhouses is under renovation for new use and uses are being sought for the others.


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