Historic Structure Report: Quapaw Bathhouse

Witsell, Evans & Rasco, P.A.. 1990. Historic Structure Report: Quapaw Bathhouse. 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 Historic Structure Report concerns the Quapaw Bathhouse at Hot Springs National Park. The structure, which suspended bathhouse operations in 1984, and has been vacant since, is one of five bathhouses included in the NPS lease program. A fifty-year lease was executed beginning September 1, 1987, between the Park Service and Mr. Melvyn Bell, an investor from Little Rock, Arkansas. As a major feature of Mr. Bell's proposed rehabilitation and adaption of the buildings, the Quapaw will be rehabilitated and adapted into a theme spa operated in conjunction with the Maurice. As such, the building will remain a "bathhouse" although specific functions of various rooms will change.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Witsell, Evans & Rasco, P.A.
Date of Issue
1990-04-13
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
HOSP , MWR
Keywords
bathhouse, bathhouse row, concessions, hot springs, quapaw bathhouse, spanish revival style
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 000714: Quapaw Bathhouse

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