1890 Williams House Inn

420 Quapaw Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901
Innkeeper(s): Lynda D. Burpo
 
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Summer Getaway 15 May 2013, 12:37 pm
Stay with us at the Williams House this summer and save 25% off your third night’s stay.
Offer not valid on Holidays and may not be used with other discounts.
This special must be requested at the time you make your reservation.
Please contact us by Phone to redeem this offer.  Hope to see you soon!
Offer valid any day of the week.
Valid for Redemption: Jun 1, 2013 – Aug 31, 2013

1890 Williams House B&B news from Hot Springs, AR 10 May 2013, 10:08 am

Racing season is over and Garvan Gardens is in full bloom. James Hayes, unique art creations Splash of Glass  is sparkling throughout the 210-acre peninsula on the shores of Lake Hamilton through the end of September.  Now is a great time to visit Hot Springs & the 1890 Williams House for a business retreat or weekend getaway.

Wedding bells are ringing! 9 Apr 2013, 1:05 pm

Wedding bells were ringing for three couples this weekend who chose the Williams House for their celebration.  Spring definitely arrived just in time for them to recite their vows out in the garden by the gazebo. All of our brides were radiant and love was in the air!

Tulips are blooming at Garvan Gardens! 4 Apr 2013, 9:14 am

While visiting Hot Springs make sure you don’t forget to visit Garvan Gardens. With spring’s arrival the tulips are blooming!  It’s spectacular this time of year and you will enjoy exploring the winding paths scattered with color through the woods along Lake Hamilton,  bringing you joy around every turn.  Bridges will take you over the trickle of waterfalls running thru the rocks,  the huge coy pond, miniature train village, and the most spectacular Anthony Chapel are all to be enjoyed!

 

Oaklawn Derby Day is Saturday, April 13 4 Apr 2013, 8:55 am

This is your last chance to see spectacular horses racing & gaming at Oaklawn Race Track!

Enjoy the beautiful infield experience with games, beer gardens, great food, & fun for the whole family! 

Hot Springs Arkansas Weddings 19 Jan 2013, 10:18 am

Are you looking for a small Arkansas wedding venue?

Hot Springs Arkansas Outdoor Wedding

Hot Springs is a wonderful location for a intimate Hot Springs Wedding.  The Hot Springs Bed and Breakfast Inn is located near downtown Hot Springs, a scenic location with a variety of wedding packages. Two to Twenty-five guests with each event customized to your wishes. Let our wedding coordinator work with you to make your special day all you wish it to be. The coordinator will meet with as you make your reservation so that all of your details and requests are formalized. The coordinator will be on-site for your wedding so that all of your wedding dreams are put into reality. If you wish, the minister, photographer, bakery, florist and even a horse drawn carriage will all be coordinated through the Inn. On-site catering is convenient, or you may also choose to have a licensed caterer utilized Inn’s facilities for your Hot Springs Arkansas Wedding.

Hot Springs Arkansas – a Hot Arts Town 19 Jan 2013, 10:15 am

More than a decade ago, John Villani, author of The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America, named Hot Springs one of the best small art towns in America.  Hot Springs has maintained its prestigious ranking in Mr. Villani’s guidebook and now ranks in the top ten.  In a recent article by USA Today, Villani stated, “This town inside a national park has a strong ethic of historic preservation, which can be seen in Victorian architecture.  Artists, gallery owners and my entrepreneurs moved to Hot Springs to follow their dreams.”  Villani specifically noted that the Hot Springs Music Festival is a “classic-music wonder.”

Hot Springs celebrates the arts in several venues, from contemporary visual arts to the musical arts to film documentaries.  More than two dozen art galleries line the streets of downtown Hot Springs.  The Gallery Walk held the first Friday evening of every month, is the best way to sample and savory Hot Springs’ visual arts culture while visiting with the local artists in their galleries and studios.

Several music festivals and cultural events also play a role in Hot Springs’ top art town designation.  The Hot Springs Music Festival welcomes more than 250 international musicians for two weeks in June.  This event pairs world-class mentor musicians from major orchestras, chamber ensembles and conservatory facilities with talented pre-professional apprentices.  Twenty some concerts are performed and 250 rehearsals are held, all open to the public.  The Hot Springs Jazz festival is the premier sponsored event of the Hot Springs Jazz Society.  The three-day jazz event held the second weekend in September, welcomes local and nationally recognized jazz performers.

The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival celebrates the arts on the big screen.  The 10-day event held in October welcomes thousands of visitors as well as filmmakers and celebrities.  The Malco Theatre is the location where approximately 90 films are showcased during the festival.

1890 Williams House Inn is an architectural beauty of the Victorian era and is located just five blocks from historic downtown Hot Springs.   When vacationing in Hot Springs to enjoy the arts activities and festivities, the Inn is the perfect lodging experience.

Hot Springs National Park Over 175 Years Old 19 Jan 2013, 10:15 am

The year 2007 marked the 175th anniversary of Hot Springs National park.  In 1832, President Andrew Jackson named Hot Springs the first Federal Reservation, predating Yellowstone National Park of forty years, making Hot Springs America’s first national park.  In the early 1800s, the area was the destination of the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition commissioned by President Jefferson in 1804.  Once discovered by white settlers, the town quickly gre up around the hot springs to provide services for health seekers, rich and poor.

While the cornerstone of Hot Springs National Park is the thermal waters that flow from the active hot springs, the park also touts 26 miles of hiking trails, scenic drives and vistas overlooking the Ouachita Mountains.  Visitors to the park can tour the Fordyce Bathhouse now serving as the National Park’s visitors center and museum.  The Fordyce, built in 1915, closed in 1962 when the thermal bathing industry began diminishing.  The National Park renovated the abandoned bathhouse and re-opened it as a visitors center and museum in 1989.

1890 Williams House Inn, located in the the national park, is located just seven blocks from the Fordyce Bathhouse and historic Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs Arkansas.  An elegant and comfortable lodging option in Hot Springs Arkansas, you will enjoy downtown Hot Springs with its local restaurants,  boutique shopping, antique shops, art galleries and bathhouses.  Come and enjoy a winter vacation in Hot Springs Arkansas.

Daffodil Days at Garvan Woodland Gardens – Hot Springs, AR 19 Jan 2013, 10:14 am

Daffodil Days at Garvan Woodland Gardens – Hot Springs, AR
February 21 – March 20, 2013
More than 200,000 brilliant gold, yellow, and orange daffodils brighten the trails during this peak time for the spring-flowering bulbs.

Interesting Facts about Garvan Woodland Gardens

Serenity Circle

  • Over 1,700 tons of weathered landscape boulders were placed, or 3,400,000 pounds. The largest boulders were ten to eleven tons, or about 8 feet long by 3 feet tall by 5 feet wide.
  • Approximately 1,000 tons, or two million pounds, of native veneer stone were used. This is enough stone to build a three foot retaining wall over a half mile long.
  • Over 600 cubic yards of concrete were poured. This is enough to construct an obelisk 20 stories tall and nine feet by nine feet (or about half the size of the Washington Monument), yet none is visible in the finished garden.
  • Enough material delivery trips on the Gardens’ skid loaders were made to haul a backhoe load of gravel from Los Angeles to New York.

The Gardens Contain:

    • Waterfalls and cascades pump 675 gallons of water per minute from Lake Hamilton, or about 350 million gallons a year; enough water to fill a lake of over 400 acres that is twenty feet deep every year.
    • Nearly three miles of recreational trails, including a new 3/8 mile walk across dramatic hillsides and ravines in the Garden of the Pine Wind.
    • The largest remaining undeveloped tract of land on Lake Hamilton, the Mid-South’s most popular recreational Lake.
    • Enough ornamental trees to plant about ¾ mile of the Champs Elyseé in Paris or an avenue over two miles long with a tree every twenty feet.

The Canopy Bridge

  • Over 2,000 azaleas of 160 varieties, or enough to completely cover over an acre spaced five feet on center.
  • 128 species of ornamental native shrubs and wildflowers.
  • Over 300 varieties of flowering perennials and groundcovers.
  • 65 different varieties of Asian maple. Most are Japanese maples, the most popular ornamental tree in the United States.
  • One of North America’s only known mature, blooming specimen of the Emmenopterys henrii, a rare tree from Burma and southern China.

Other Facts of Interest

  • The Garden property is the only botanical garden in the U.S that occupies all of a peninsula in a major water body. At over one and a quarter miles long, the property is composed of dramatic hillsides that include vertical grade changes of over 100 feet provide spectacular views to Lake Hamilton.
  • The garden is home to over 100 species of native birds, including the pileated woodpecker, great blue heron, wild turkey, and great horned owl. The property is an over wintering site for the bald eagle.
  • Several native animals inhabit the gardens, including gray and red squirrels, raccoons, opossums, coyotes, armadillos, red foxes, and a resident herd of white-tailed deer.

Come enjoy the beautiful gardens and stay with us at 1890 Williams House Inn, a Hot Springs Arkansas bed and breakfast located just blocks from Historic Downtown Hot Springs Arkansas.  Be dazzled by the daffodils and then relax in the two person jetted tub and enjoy a full breakfast.  Come relax and enjoy.  The Inn is located just twenty minutes from Garvan Woodland Gardens.


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Arkansas Honeymoon Packages 19 Jan 2013, 10:12 am

When you are on a honeymoon, you want everything to be perfect.

Explore the Beauty of Hot Springs and your love for each other

We at the 1890 Williams House Hot Springs Inn understand this. That’s why we make every effort to take care of all your needs and keep you and your loved one feeling fulfilled and blissful. One way we do this is with our special packages. Our “Just the Two of Us” package includes everything you will need to make your visit unforgettably romantic. A single rose on the pillow when you arrive, along with chocolates and champagne with keepsake toasting glasses.

 

 
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