Hot Springs
The Arlington Resort Hotel
George R. Mann's twin-towered 1924 hotel facing Bathhouse Row, the third Arlington since 1875; Al Capone regularly booked the entire fourth floor.
- Built
- 1924Third Arlington on the site group: ground broken Oct. 25, 1923, completed Nov. 28, 1924, after the 1893 hotel burned on April 5, 1923. The first Arlington opened in 1875 across Fountain Street.
- Style
- Mediterranean Revival (twin towers)
- Architect
- George R. Mann
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Samuel Fordyce and Samuel Stitt financed the first Arlington, completed in 1875 as Arkansas’s largest hotel; it was rebuilt in 1893 and burned on April 5, 1923. The current hotel, designed by George R. Mann, primary architect of the Arkansas State Capitol, was finished November 28, 1924 across Fountain Street. Joe T. Robinson accepted the 1928 Democratic vice-presidential nomination on its steps, and Al Capone regularly booked the entire fourth floor (Room 443 was his favorite). The Army used it as part of a redistribution center in 1944-46.
Good to know
- Address: 239 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR 71901
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.