Fordyce Bathhouse Visitors Center

The Fordyce Bathhouse Visitors Center is located along in the Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas and reveals the facility once used as a bathhouse operating from 1915 to 1962. The facility remained vacant until it opened back up in 1989 as the visitor's center. The bathhouse is not operational as an actual bathhouse. Visitors may take part in videos depicting the therapeutic waters and thermal mineral baths that were once offered at the bathhouse. For centuries, travelers arrived at the bathhouse in the hopes to cure common ailments such as arthritis, bursitis, gout, and rheumatoid arthritis. Weary travelers would stop off at the bathhouse to relax and unwind before hitting the trail. Today the bathhouse only operates as a visitor's center and features beautiful architecture and design.

Services offered that were once available at the bathhouse included mineral baths and Swedish style massages. Private individual tubs were available with an all men's facility. The facility also included a music room that was featured on the third floor and an actual bowling alley for businessmen to enjoy. The bathhouse was a popular getaway or stopover for businessmen or weary travelers needed a night of rest and relaxation.