Rare Historic Photos Show Hot Springs, Arkansas In The Early 20th-century

Hot Springs is a resort city in Arkansas state. It was incorporated as a town in 1876 and chartered as a city in 1879. Its population grew with the rise in popularity of the springs. After the Civil War, several bathhouses and hotels were built in the city. The railroads came in Hot Springs in 1875. At the dawn of the 20th-century thousands of people from other states flocked the city to experience the waters curative power. The historic Bathhouse Row and Hot Springs National Park were also constructed. On September 5, 1913, a devastating fire broke out in the city which destroyed the southern part of the city.

Here below are some historical photos of Hot Springs city from the early 1900s that show houses, cityscapes, street scenes and everyday life.

#1 The Eastman Hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1901. It was constructed in 1890 and demolished in 1946

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#2 Seven Points, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1900

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#3 Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1908

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#4 Happy Hollow, Gypsy Camp, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1901

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#5 Entrance, Government Reservation, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1900

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#6 Maurice Bath House, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1900

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#7 Waukesha Hotel and Rector Bath House, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1905

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#8 Ostrich farm, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1900

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#9 Bathhouse Row, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1910 Roadway through the pines, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1905

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#10 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1900

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#11 McLeod’s cabin, Happy Hollow, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1901

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#12 Roadway through the pines, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1905

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#13 The Hotel Pullman, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1900

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I wonder if those baby magnolia trees in the picture of bathhouse row are the same full grown ones there now? Or if they’ve been replanted since then, I mean.