Bald Mountain Hot Springs
Bald Mountain Hot Springs | |
| Location | Main and 1st St., Ketchum, Idaho |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 43°40′44″N 114°21′42″W / 43.67889°N 114.36167°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Tourtellotte & Hummel |
| Architectural style | Rustic-style |
| MPS | Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000320[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1982 |
Bald Mountain Hot Springs in Ketchum, Idaho was a historic resort. Located at Main and 1st St. in Ketchum, the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] In 2003, plans had been approved for a new 80-room hotel complex on the site.[2]
The original complex was built as the Bald Mountain Hot Springs Motel in 1929 by Carl E. Brandt, manager of the J.C. Penney store in Hailey, Idaho, who had bought a different, decrepit hot spring resort enterprise northwest of Ketchum in 1827. Rather than fixing that up, he moved the hot water to the new resort location on Main Street in Ketchum.[2] The resort included Rustic-style architecture and work by architects Tourtellotte & Hummel. It included the C. E. Brandt Residence, tourist cabins, and the natatorium where people swam in hot springs water piped in from three miles away.[1][2]
While the original resort was planned to have 30 tourist cabins, the NRHP listing included just five contributing buildings and one contributing structure on 2 acres (0.81 ha).[1] In 2003, three of the historic structures had been moved to a hunting club location near Hagerman, Idaho.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Gregory Foley (December 2, 2003). "Reflections on Bald Mountain Lodge's heyday". Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.