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Bard Springs Bathhouse

Coordinates: 34°23′26″N 94°0′38″W / 34.39056°N 94.01056°W / 34.39056; -94.01056
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Bard Springs Bathhouse
Bard Springs Bathhouse is located in Arkansas
Bard Springs Bathhouse
Location in Arkansas
Bard Springs Bathhouse is located in the United States
Bard Springs Bathhouse
Location in United States
Nearest cityAthens, Arkansas
Coordinates34°23′26″N 94°0′38″W / 34.39056°N 94.01056°W / 34.39056; -94.01056
Arealess than one acre
Built1936 (1936)
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleRustic
MPSFacilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.93001073[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 1993

The Bard Springs Bathhouse is a historic recreational support facility in Ouachita National Forest. It is located at the Bard Springs recreation site, southeast of Mena and north of Athens in Polk County, off County Road 82 and Forest Road 106 on the banks of Blaylock Creek. It is a single story rustic stone structure, with entrances at either end into open areas for changing. The interior is lit by skylights in the roof. It was built in 1936 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and is one of four surviving CCC structures (the others are two dams and a picnic shelter) in the immediate area.[2]

The bathhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Bard Springs Bathhouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-29.