Historic Structures Report: Hot Springs National Park
Cromwell, Neyland, Truemper, Millett & Gatchell, Inc.. 1973. Historic Structures Report: Hot Springs National Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Hot Springs National Park was once known as Hot Springs Reservation. It was set aside in 1832 to protect the Park's primary resource, the hot springs.This type of Reservation was an early version of the National Park idea.Hot Springs was actually the first area in the United States to be set aside for its natural features.After Yellowstone was formed in 1872, Hot Springs was managed with it. In 1916 the National Park Service was formed and in 1921, Hot Springs Reservation changed its name to Hot Springs National Park, making it the 18th National Park in the Service. This report is the conclusion of a study to determine the current physical condition and cost of repair of the various bathhouses on Bathhouse Row, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. After the initial summary elements of this report, each bathhouse, from North to South, is analyzed in the following sequence: 1. A stylistic and spatial description of the building, followed by, 2. a description of the physical condition of the building, followed by, 3. the appropriate page from the report of the Plowman Laboratories, who conducted Impact Hammer tests on the concrete of each floor of each bathhouse, followed by, 4. a group of annotated photographs of each structure, followed by, 5. a finish schedule which indicates by room number, the floor, base, wall, and ceiling materials and their conditions, followed by, 6. the cost estimate, subdivided into four parts.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cromwell, Neyland, Truemper, Millett & Gatchell, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 1973-11
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HOSP , MWR
- Keywords
- bathhouse, bathhouse row, buckstaff bathhouse, fordyce bathhouse, hale bathhouse, hot springs, impact hammer test, lamar bathhouse, maurice bathhouse, quapaw bathhouse, superior bathhouse
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 012089: Administration Building (012089) , CRIS-HS: 000709: Buckstaff Bathhouse , CRIS-HS: 000713: Fordyce Bathhouse , CRIS-HS: 064730: Grand Promenade , CRIS-HS: 000711: Hale Bathhouse , CRIS-HS: 000717: Lamar Bathhouse , CRIS-HS: 000712: Maurice Bathhouse , CRIS-HS: 000715: Ozark Bathhouse , CRIS-HS: 000714: Quapaw Bathhouse , CRIS-HS: 000710: Superior Bathhouse