{"id":2634,"slug":"quapaw-baths-hot-springs-arkansas","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Quapaw is the domed — the 'tile mosaic' that's the roof's dress, the 'most striking' that's the Row's mark. The 'cave found' is the sold — the 'tufa cavity' that's the dig's find, the 'Indian cave' that's the pitch's name. The '40 tubs' is the ran — the 'largest' that's the bathing's size, the 'Platt meant' that's the first name.","The 'closed twice' is the tried — the '68 '84' that's the doors' dates, the 'Health Services' that's the between's use. The 'leased first' is the reused — the '2008' that's the spa's open, the 'still soaks' that's the water's keep. Quapaw is the named — the 'tribe' that's the title's source, the 'land held' that's the history's claim.","The file keeps Quapaw: the domed bath, the found cave, the 40 tubs, and the twice-closed doors.","Quapaw Baths is the archive's Arkansas file — the bathhouse that found a cave to sell."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Quapaw Baths is the archive's Arkansas file — the dome that still holds the spring.","A bath keeps its dome — the file's suggestion being that Quapaw's hold is the covered: the 'cave promoted' that's the marketing's pitch, the '40 tubs' that's the size's mark, and the 'still soaks' that's the water's now."]}],"name":"Quapaw Baths","aliases":[],"type":"BATHHOUSE","type_label":"Bathhouse","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HISTORIC_BUILDING"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The 1922 Spanish Colonial bathhouse—still taking the waters.","full_desc":"Quapaw Baths is a bathhouse in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The 1922 Spanish Colonial bathhouse—still taking the waters. The archive files it under local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.","address":null,"city":"Hot Springs","county":null,"state":"Arkansas","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":34.489442,"lon":-93.050254,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"AR batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2177,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence in the bath halls. Quapaw Baths in Hot Springs, Arkansas carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. Local lore carries the account; no documentation has ever caught up with it. The account appears in 'Quapaw Baths'. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","evidence_label":"Local folklore","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Quapaw Baths","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quapaw_Baths","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Opened 1922; still operates as a bathhouse. Quapaw Baths' past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'Quapaw Baths'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1922","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Quapaw Baths","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quapaw_Baths","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Reported a presence in the bath halls. The site in Hot Springs, Arkansas gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The claim is neighborhood knowledge — retold locally, verified nowhere. The report is preserved in sources like 'Quapaw Baths'. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","earliest":null,"evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","source":{"name":"Quapaw Baths","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quapaw_Baths","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Quapaw Baths","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quapaw_Baths","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":1}}