Basin Park Hotel - Eureka Springs, AR, USA
Posted by: kJfishman
N 36° 24.139 W 093° 44.222
15S E 433911 N 4028825
The Historical Basin Park Hotel and SPA was built in 1905 and is still open for business today.
Waymark Code: WMKJ9F
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/20/2014
Views: 8
A nearby Historical marker says this about the Basin Park Hotel:
The 1905 Basin Park Hotel – A Hotel for a Day or a Year
The Basin Park Hotel ranks among the largest and most modern resort hotels in the country. A fire-proof structure, built at a cost of $150,000.
The hotel occupies a central position at the resort, adjoining the famous Basin Spring from every floor bridges reach to the mountain, conveniently leading to pleasant walks, also affording guests a feeling of great security in case of fire. The Basin Park is equipped with all modern conveniences, including fine electric elevator – with every known safety appliance, electric lights, hot and cold water in every room. One hundred bed-rooms, fifty with private bath, telephone in each guestroom and guests bath-room on every floor. The Dining-Room will seat two hundred persons. Lobby, office, barber-shop and drugstore on the ground floor. The seventh floor is devoted to ball-room, sun parlor, reception, grill, and billiards room. (1907 - Hotel Brochure)
A Hotel for the 21st Century
Marty and Elise Roenigk purchased the Basin Park Hotel on February 28, 1997, with plans of construction of a semi-retirement home on the hotel top floors. Although the loft style home was never built, the Roenigks have been responsible for the preservation and restoration of the Basin Park and Crescent Hotels. Doing their part in protecting the irreplaceable.
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Did I mention it is supposed to be haunted?