Independent living · Eureka Springs, Arkansas
An old stone hotel, and every evening still ahead of you.
Independent living for people who would rather walk down to a concert in the park than spend another winter keeping up a house on a hill.
Since 2011
We kept the ballroom. We added the elevator.
The building went up in 1907 as a boarding hotel for people who came to take the waters. When we bought it, the plaster was falling and the ballroom floor had a tree growing through it. We spent three years putting it back together, room by room, and opened as Basin Hill Residences in the fall of 2011.
Now thirty-eight people call it home. Most of them moved here from bigger houses with steeper driveways. They keep their own apartments and their own calendars, and on Friday nights a good many of them end up in the ballroom, where somebody always talks the piano player into one more song.
— Celeste Marchand, owner and director
Photo tour
After dark on Prospect Bend
Sample family reviews
Kind words, kept
Mother told us she wanted somewhere with a little romance left in it. I thought she was joking until the first Friday night, when she danced with a retired band teacher and came home at ten-thirty.
We had forty-two steps up to our old front door. Here I take the elevator down, walk four minutes and I'm at the park with an ice cream. My knees thank Celeste daily.
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Find us in Eureka Springs
- 27 Prospect Bend
Eureka Springs, AR
Our lot is the level one behind the building, which in this town counts as a luxury. Ring the bell at the side door and we'll bring the elevator down. - (479) 555-0163
- Text us
- evenings@basinhill.example
- BasinHillResidences
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Tue – Sun10a – 6p
- Evening tours, Fri & Sat6p – 8p
- Families visitAny time
Come up for a Friday evening tour.
Tour the building at six, stay for supper in the ballroom, and see for yourself why nobody here goes to bed early.