Dame Fortune's Cottage Court sign (Cottage Courts Historic District NRHP #04000005) - Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Cottage Motel, originally known as Cottage Courts, was built at 603 Park Avenue circa 1950, near the end of the flurry of tourist court construction along Park Avenue. It has little in common with the majority of the tourist court type buildings. Instead, it is one of the first "motel" type buildings in Hot Springs. Cottage Courts has continually served as tourist lodging since its construction. (Even up though our visit to Hot Springs earlier this year given this was out lodging for the night.)

Built by Cecil C. Foster and James D. McLain, Cottage Courts first appears in the 1951 City Directory of Hot Springs. Foster and McLain, who built and owned several other tourist courts on Park Avenue during the period, retained ownership of Cottage Courts throughout the decade. And, while the buildings have no real distinguishing architectural features, the two buildings are designed in the Ranch style of architecture. The design lacks the quaintness and stylistic elements of earlier tourist courts. The court shows an important transition from detached single units to the more modern attached motel layout. The red brick one-story buildings are closer in resemblance to early motels, but maintain the common area in the center of the two buildings that is characteristic of tourist courts.

The virtually unaltered condition of Cottage Courts and the transitional design between tourist court and motel made this district eligible for National Register of Historic Places listing on February 11, 2004 under criterion C as an excellent example of a Ranch style motor court. It was also nominated under criterion A with local significance for its association with automobile travel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
catalog.archives.gov/id/26139677

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Arkansas / Hot Springs Township / Hot Springs National Park (show map)

Taken on: April 27, 2024

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Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/5.6
Focal Length:	26mm
ISO:	320
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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