The Perry House - Basin Park Hotel
1884 - Cutter's Guide
The Eureka Springs of Arkansas
The hotels and boarding houses of Eureka Springs are numerous. The Perry House is the only real first-class hotel in the city; and we say this with no disparagement of the Southern, Hancock, Harper or other houses that would be the first-class houses but for the Perry House.
The Perry House 1881-1890
This first-class hotel was built around two-years ago, by Mr. Joseph Perry, of Colorado, a gentleman who has built more good hotels on the line of the railroads in Kansas City and Colorado. Mr. Perry came to Eureka Springs as an invalid and considered incurable, but he was so quickly and perfectly cured of his sufferings that he felt grateful enough to build a fine hotel. He has not only built a fine house, but [h]as furnished it throughout in the best manner, and keeps it in first-class style in every particular.
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,
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A Hotel For The 21st Century
Marty and Elize Roenick 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 Roenicks have been responsible for the preservation and restoration of the Basin Park and Crescent Hotels, doing their part in protecting the irreplaceable. -2002 gubernatorial proclamation
This
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Erected by Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Community Development Partnership.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1985.
Location. 36° 24.137′ N, 93° 44.231′ W. Marker is in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in Carroll County. It is on Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12 Spring Street, Eureka Springs AR 72632, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Ozark Plateau, in the Cherokee Heritage Region, and in Osage Territory. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ozarks. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase,
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Three Flat-Irons (a few steps from this marker); The Stone Walls (within shouting distance of this marker); The Springs (within shouting distance of this marker); Law Offices of F.O. Butt (within shouting distance of this marker); Spanish-American and World War Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Basin Park Sycamore (within shouting distance of this marker); The Southern Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); The Basin Bath House (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Eureka Springs.
Also see . . . 1905 Basin Park Hotel. Website homepage (Submitted on December 18, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,514 times since then and 131 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 18, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 6. submitted on December 20, 2014.
