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Castle Hot Springs is a recently restored historic resort in
Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
. It is located within the Hieroglyphic Mountains.


History

The
Apache Wars The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache tribal confederations fought in the Southwestern United States, southwest between 1849 and 1886, though minor hostilities continued until as l ...
discouraged development of the area until the 1880s when the springs and the adjacent land were purchased by Frank Murphy for the construction of a health resort. The resort was completed in 1896 by the brother of the Arizona Governor Oakes Murphy, and the newly renamed "Castle Hot Springs" was heavily advertised to potential clients. During the resort's heyday in the 1920s it was visited by celebrities such as Zane Grey, as well as famous families such as the Rockefellers. The resort was used by the United States military as a rehabilitation center from 1943 to 1944 to treat injured veterans of
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
. Future president John F. Kennedy spent three months at the resort during this period to recover from his wounds suffered during the sinking of his ship, '' PT-109''. The resort continued to be commercially operated until the main building was heavily damaged in a fire in 1976. The resort still comprises its swimming pool, administrative building and guest house along with the springs, which produce 180,000 gallons of hot water per day. The resort became a stop on the short-line Arizona and California Railroad in the 1990s. The property was sold in March 2014 for $1.95 million. In March 2018, the resort announced a restoration was underway with plans for reopening in October of that year. The new owners have extensively remodeled and added to the property, adding 12 spring bungalows - with hot spring fed tubs, and 17 sky-view cabins. The resort reopened to visitors in February 2019.


In media

Castle Hot Springs Resort was the subject of a 1994 documentary film by Mike Smith and a fellow student.


See also

* Sasco, Arizona * Treasures from American Film Archives: Treasures 5: The West, 1898–1938 (2011) (disc 3) * Santa Monica Army Air Forces Redistribution Center


References


Further reading

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External links


Castle Hot Springs
– ghosttowns.com
Castle Hot Springs – Jewel of the Bradshaws!
(December 31, 2011), from SonoranTreeSvc.com
Castle Hot Springs
at DailyJFK.com
Castle Hot Springs Resort
New Castle Hot Springs website for rebuilt resort {{coord, 33.98275, -112.3619, display=title Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Hot springs of Arizona Ghost towns in Arizona Bodies of water of Yavapai County, Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Yavapai County, Arizona