Last updated: July 9, 2021
Place
Langford House
Quick Facts
Location:
0.5 mile walk from the parking lot
In May of 1909, J.O. Langford, his wife, Bessie, and their 18-month old daughter, Lovie, moved to land he had recently acquired around the hot springs. Their first home was an abandoned dug-out, over whose rock walls they stretched a tent. In November 1909 Langford completed a one-room adobe cabin, 12x14 feet and 9 feet high, on a bench of land 150 feet above the river and overlooking the hot springs. During their second year of occupation, Langford enlarged his house by building two more rooms of stone. Unfortunately, this structure has since entirely disintegrated. The only elements that can be seen today are the remains of the poured concrete floor of the stone addition.
The picture shown was the two-room stone addition to the original adobe structure, which can barely be seen through the doorway. The date of the photo is unknown, but the fact that the structure is deteriorated suggests that it was photographed after 1942, when the land was sold for eventual donation to the national park.
The picture shown was the two-room stone addition to the original adobe structure, which can barely be seen through the doorway. The date of the photo is unknown, but the fact that the structure is deteriorated suggests that it was photographed after 1942, when the land was sold for eventual donation to the national park.