Sweet Spring Hotel

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Capps as proprietor.  The spacious three-story frame structure was painted white with dark trim color accenting the simple decorative details of multiple large windows and verandahs.  The glass enclosed dining room and parlor, conservatory for guests occupied a two-story wing.</B></div> <div> <B>     The hotel was situated adjacent to the Sweet Spring and publicized its central location.  A directory of 1900 date claimed “Table service best of the Market, electric cars at the door, Rates $1 per Day.”  T.J. Brumfield succeeded Capps as proprietor until 1913, when Robert H. Huntington, a medical specialist from Mississippi and son-in-law of Festus Orestus Butt, long time Eureka Springs attorney (1897 – 1971), acquired the building.  The doctor equipped the building with the latest innovations for treatment of patients including an operation room, and established Huntington Infirmary, the city’s first modern hospital.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Huntington Infirmary</B></div> <div> <B>     The hospital was fitted with the latest modern equipment and the building provided a light and well ventilated environment for convalescents.  Several local doctors made use of the facility including Pace, Bolton, Albert and Pearl Tatman and J.F. John.  Dr. Huntington closed the infirmary in 1929 as it was no longer self-sustaining financially.  That same year, a community-wide effort resulted in the opening of the Don Sawyer Hospital, forerunner of the present facility.</B></div> <div> <B>     The compassionate purpose of the Huntington Infirmary was best symbolized by two carved stone figures which flanked the stair steps at the entry beside Spring Street, a Lion and a Lamb lying side by side, symbols of a peaceable kingdom where suffering and want could no more be found.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Sweet Spring Home</B></div> <div> <B>     New owner, Mrs. Arch Kimberling reopened the structure as a residential hotel in 1930.  The building fell victim to fire in the early 1940s, and the site remained vacant for more than half a century until the existing building was constructed in 1994 by Charles and Janet E-pley to house the Carroll County Abstract and Title Co.</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=275 BGCOLOR="#666666" TEXT="#080000" background="00209093.jpg"> <div> <B>Sweet Spring Hotel</B></div> <div>      The Sweet Spring Hotel was established about 1887 at the corner of Pine Street and Spring, then known as Rice Street with A.S. Capps as proprietor.  The spacious three-story frame structure was painted white with dark trim color accenting the simple decorative details of multiple large windows and verandahs.  The glass enclosed dining room and parlor, conservatory for guests occupied a two-story wing.</div> <div>      The hotel was situated adjacent to the Sweet Spring and publicized its central location.  A directory of 1900 date claimed “Table service best of the Market, electric cars at the door, Rates $1 per Day.”  T.J. Brumfield succeeded Capps as proprietor until 1913, when Robert H. Huntington, a medical specialist from Mississippi and son-in-law of Festus Orestus Butt, long time Eureka Springs attorney (1897 – 1971), acquired the building.  The doctor equipped the building with the latest innovations for treatment of patients including an operation room, and established Huntington Infirmary, the city’s first modern hospital.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Huntington Infirmary</B></div> <div>      The hospital was fitted with the latest modern equipment and the building provided a light and well ventilated environment for convalescents.  Several local doctors made use of the facility including Pace, Bolton, Albert and Pearl Tatman and J.F. John.  Dr. Huntington closed the infirmary in 1929 as it was no longer self-sustaining financially.  That same year, a community-wide effort resulted in the opening of the Don Sawyer Hospital, forerunner of the present facility.</div> <div>      The compassionate purpose of the Huntington Infirmary was best symbolized by two carved stone figures which flanked the stair steps at the entry beside Spring Street, a Lion and a Lamb lying side by side, symbols of a peaceable kingdom where suffering and want could no more be found.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sweet Spring Home</B></div> <div>      New owner, Mrs. Arch Kimberling reopened the structure as a residential hotel in 1930.  The building fell victim to fire in the early 1940s, and the site remained vacant for more than half a century until the existing building was constructed in 1994 by Charles and Janet Epley to house the Carroll County Abstract and Title Co.</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Sweet Spring Hotel</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Landmarks"><IMG SRC="086a5a40.jpg" border=0 width="677" height="676" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://eurekaspringshistory.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://eurekaspringshistory.com"><B>Return to Eureka Springs History</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>or</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://ureeka.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ureeka.org"><B>Go to Ureeka!</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>