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Buckstaff Bathhouse
color photo of Buckstaff, showing the ramp and center front of the building. It is a three story building of grayish-brown brick and white Doric colums with classic urns flanking the top of the ramp and between the third floor windows. It has blue and white striped awnings.

Buckstaff Baths

The Buckstaff Bathhouse, named for controlling shareholders George and Milo Buckstaff, replaced the former Rammelsberg Bathhouse. Designed by Frank W. Gibb and Company, Architects, the present bathhouse cost $125,000 to build and contains 27,000 square feet on three main floors. Because it has been in continuous operation since it opened on February 1, 1912, it is one of the best preserved of all of the bathhouses on Bathhouse Row, but it has undergone many changes over the years. Originally it had a large hydrotherapeutic department. Only it, the Fordyce and the Imperial had these.
Visit the Buckstaff Baths website to find out about taking a bath.

Read a brief history of the Buckstaff.
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Black and white photo of the Government Free Bathhouse with a ranger walking on the sidewalk in front.  

Did You Know?
The Public Health Service operated a venereal disease clinic in the Government Free Bathhouse (1922-1948) in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. It was one of the first facilities in the United States to use penicillin. In 1948, the clinic transferred to the nearby Camp Garraday Transient Camp.

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Last Updated: August 17, 2007 at 16:56 EST