Hot Springs

The Waters Hotel

The 1913 Thompson Building, built for doctors' offices across from Bathhouse Row and reopened in 2017 as a 62-room hotel with a rooftop terrace.

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Built: 1913Built 1913 as the Thompson Building (doctors' offices); later converted to a hotel and apartments; reopened as The Waters in 2017.
Type: Boutique hotel
Rooms: 62
Credentials: Inside a National Register historic district

The story

The Thompson Building went up in 1913 on Central Avenue to house doctors’ offices. It was later converted to a hotel and apartments. Local architects Bob Kempkes and Anthony Taylor led the renovation that reopened it as The Waters in 2017, with 62 rooms, The Avenue restaurant and a rooftop terrace.

Good to know

Parking: on-site paid
Address: 340 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR 71901

Sources (2)

https://thewatershs.com/about-us/
https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85001370

Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.