Pre-Design Services: Condition Assessment and Treatment Plan for Maurice Bathhouse
STRATA Architecture + Preservation. 2022. Pre-Design Services: Condition Assessment and Treatment Plan for Maurice Bathhouse. Historic Structure Report. National Park Service
This Maurice Bathhouse Pre-Design Condition Assessment and Treatment Plan Report is intended to update the conditions assessments and treatment recommendations from the previous 2004 Maurice Bathhouse Historic Structure Report and the 2010 Hot Springs National Park Cultural Landscape Report and Environmental Analysis. This report documents the Pre-Design efforts of the Design Team to inform the Schematic Design for the future rehabilitation project of the Maurice Bathhouse and the surrounding site for leasing by others. The Maurice Bathhouse is a three-story building in the Mediterranean Revival style facing Central Avenue and is one of eight bathhouses remaining on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Bathhouse Row is the front door to Hot Springs National Park, with the historic Formal Entrance to the park on the south side of Maurice. The period of significance for the Bathhouse Row is 1911 – 1947, as outlined in the 2004 HSR. The primary focus of this report is to define facility improvements required to prepare the Maurice Bathhouse for future leasing by others. This overall project will include the rehabilitation of the shell of the building, restoration of primary historic interior spaces and features, addressing Universal accessibility, and installation of new electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection systems to prepare the building for a future lease. Renovations, including interior demolition and some rehabilitation work, have been ongoing since the Maurice Bathhouse closed in 1974. These significant interior changes have resulted in the current condition of the building being well suited for rehabilitation, as identified in the 2004 HSR. The CLR also recommends rehabilitation as the treatment for historic landscapes and related features of Bathhouse Row, one of the most prominent park historic landscapes and a National Historic Landmark.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- STRATA Architecture + Preservation
- Date of Issue
- 2022-06-30
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HOSP , MWR
- Keywords
- accessibility, bathhouse, lease, Mediterranean Revival, mosaic tile, mural, National Historic Landmark, pool, rehabilitation, restoration, stucco
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 500341: Bathhouse Row , CRIS-HS: 000712: Maurice Bathhouse