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Historic Treasure Near Downtown/Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort/Hiking Trails

Lakefront holiday home with kitchen and patio

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Reviews

10 out of 10, Loved by Guests
5 bedrooms3+ bathroomsSleeps 12418.1 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Fireplace
  • Barbecue grill
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

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Hot Springs, AR
  • Place, T-Rex Fun Spot
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, Hot Springs Convention Center
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, Hot Springs National Park
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Airport, Hot Springs, AR (HOT-Memorial Field)
    ‪6 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Bedroom 1 Downstairs

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2 Downstairs

1 King Bed

Bedroom Five Upstairs

2 Single Beds

Bedroom Four Upstairs

2 Queen Beds

Bedroom Three Downstairs

1 King Bed

3 bathrooms, 2 half bathrooms

Downstairs Bedroom #1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Downstairs Bedroom #2

Toilet

Downstairs Bedroom #3 - Master

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Upstairs

Toilet · Shower only

Upstairs Bathroom #5

Bathtub

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Separate dining area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Historic Treasure Near Downtown/Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort/Hiking Trails

The Vaughan Palmer House, built in 1902, is a breathtaking home registered in the Quapaw-Prospect Historic District of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. This grand old beauty sits high on a foothill overlooking Hot Springs National Park. The property is just perfect for wedding party members, family gatherings, girl's weekends and guy's golf trips. There is so much to enjoy in this sweet, bustling, small town. From the Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort to shopping, hiking for every level hiker, historical spas and bathhouses on Bathhouse Row, biking (rentals available), art galleries featuring our amazing local artists, The Arlington Hotel, Garvin Woodland Gardens (a must see!) great restaurants and history galore...there is something for everyone!

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Air conditioning
Outdoor space
Parking available

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

Events allowed: family gatherings, birthday parties, weddings
With Prior Approval from Owner
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
This property requires submission of ID for rental approval.
No loud parties on the back porch past 11pm.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Parties and events (including family gatherings, birthday parties and weddings) are allowed on site. Maximum attendees: 20
Note from host: With Prior Approval from Owner
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Hot Springs

Located in Downtown, a neighbourhood in Hot Springs, this holiday home is near theme parks and on a lake. T-Rex Laser Tag and T-Rex Fun Spot are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs National Park Visitor Center. Hot Springs National Park Aquarium and Family Fun Park are also worth visiting. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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Hot Springs, AR

What's nearby

  • T-Rex Fun Spot - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Hot Springs Convention Center - 18 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Hot Springs National Park - 19 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Bank of the Ozarks Arena - 2 min drive - 1.5 km
  • Bathhouse Row - 2 min drive - 1.5 km

Getting around

  • Malvern Station - 31 min drive
  • Hot Springs, AR (HOT-Memorial Field) - 5 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Capachi’s Coffee & Tea - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Burger King - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪SQZBX Brewery & Pizza - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Ouachita Bar & Grill - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Maxine's Live - ‬12 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Historic Treasure Near Downtown/Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort/Hiking Trails pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Historic Treasure Near Downtown/Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort/Hiking Trails?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Historic Treasure Near Downtown/Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort/Hiking Trails?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Historic Treasure Near Downtown/Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort/Hiking Trails?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Historic Treasure Near Downtown/Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort/Hiking Trails located?

Located in Downtown, this holiday home is within 1 mile (2 km) of Levi Hospital, Hot Springs National Park and Bathhouse Row. Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) away.

Reviews

10

Exceptional

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy
Rating 10 - Excellent. 49 out of 50 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 50 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 50 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 50 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 50 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Brittany S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The host was awesome and helped us quickly when the WiFi went out. The house was absolutely gorgeous and made our Thanksgiving special.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Natili M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Historic Pleasure

Visited for a family wedding and the house did not disappoint. Lovely mixture of modern amenities and a beautiful historic setting. Lots of room for everyone in the house was super cool for the summer heat. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Melanie H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Absolutely beautiful home, every need was met. 10/10.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

William K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Annual KA brother golf/visit trip

Super place to stay, clean, comfortable, well equipped, beautifully decorated to historic era charm, adequate parking. We had a wonderful stay! Convenient to everything, would love to return next year! Beautiful place!!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

jessica h.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Annual Family Races Trip

This is a wonderful home for a large family. We have 12- 6 adults & 6 kids. Lots of room to spread out and beautiful grounds for the kids to play. We have stayed here 2 years in a row, and will be booking our 3rd year soon.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

James B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent Management Team

Very wonderful place to stay with family members.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leonard M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Annual Family Retreat

This beautiful historic property had everything you could need: plenty of silverware, condiments, coffee, and all the comfort of home not to mention this place is beautiful. i’ve been with Vrbo for more than 15 years and this is by far the best place we’ve ever stayed. I would highly recommend it for families.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect venue

I could live here. Everything was top notch. We had a small 100th birthday celebration for my mother. Out of town relatives stayed in the house and we had the party here. We had everything we needed. And Wend was the best hostess/owner.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect for three generations

This was our second time here. Plenty of space for all age groups. We love the historic feel of this home. Within walking distance to several restaurants. We hope to return again!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sam M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Gorgeous Hot Springs Getaway

We had friends come from Nashville, TN and this property blew them (and us) away! It was spacious, yet inviting. It had plenty of rooms for the us to spread out at night to sleep, but also had spaces for us to all gather and hang out through our time here. We loved hanging out in the kitchen, dining room, and living room! It was beautiful and relaxing!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Machell R O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Hot Springs Wedding Weekend

We absolutely loved this house, everything was as stated and as expected. the view was fabulous. Everyone felt at home and comfortable. Would stay again and recommend to friends.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen D. R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Home away from home!!

THIS HOUSE WAS A HOME! The monument you walk through the door you will feel right at home! It was so beautiful and clean, the rooms were so big and spacious and well decorated I REALLY LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS HOME. We can’t wait until our next visit.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Keisha J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wedding rehearsal

The rental was everything advertised and more. All my expectations were met and surpassed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The White House

This house was beyond perfect for us... didn’t want to leave felt comfortable and at home...
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Patricia D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Girls Trip

Gorgeous historical home, super clean, and decorated for Halloween!!! We loved everything about! They had a complete coffee bar, and all the condiments and spices you could ask for. We will definitely be coming back.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jon S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic

It’s even better than the description! We hade two families in for a long weekend! The house (and surrounding area) were sooo nice. The house is so roomy. It was stocked better than almost any place I’ve ever rented. So much character!! Just lovely!!! We loved having meals in the beautiful/large dinning room. The place is so elegant! The rooms are huge!Parking was great! Basketball court in back. Beautiful yard!You are only a few blocks from the bath row area, with many good restaurants and shopping. Just a great place! Thanks so much for allowing us to stay. We will be back!Jon
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

murray r.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Hstoric Home

This property was amazing. Wendy is the best host I have ever known. The house was fully stock with alll the nescessary items you need, all the paper products, plenty of towels, coffee, creamer and 2 coffee pots. The rooms are really spacious. The ice maker at the wet bar is amazing. The Sun room and the front porch was me and my husband's favorite. I would recommend this property to anyone. We will come again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Beverly S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful

Gorgeous 120 year-old home! I had my 3 adult children and their spouses, one 12-year old and one 20 month old. Perfect and still more beds available! The house is so big with plenty of room and bathrooms, kitchen fully stocked, beds are very comfortable, beautiful yard with great location!! The 12 year old loved the basketball net! The host is so quick to respond and left us a very nice welcome basket of goodies. I don’t think we could have picked a better home for our family and the location was central to everything. If we ever return to Hot Springs, I would definitely rent this home again!!! HIGHLY recommend!!!
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kim G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Birthday Dinner

The house was amazing, makes you feel like you are at home. I had a birthday dinner for my husband with some of his friends and wives. They all loved the atmosphere of the house, they said it was so inviting. The only thing we did not like was that our time was short. Not a single one of us wanted to leave. One of the couples wanted me to contact the owner to see if they could purchase the couch, then said hell the house too. We really enjoyed this place. We will be going back soon.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rita E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect!

We are a small friendship/prayer group that comes together every year for a 3-day retreat. This was our 3rd year to stay at this property. It is absolutely perfect for us! There is room for all 8 of us. The beds are super comfortable. The kitchen has pretty much everything we need - and well organized. The décor is beautiful. Wendy, our host, is so, so easy to work with. If there was anything not absolutely perfect, it would be that the wi-fi signal was weak. It was there, but would drop. We can't wait to go back next year!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Wedding Venue!

Our family loved staying at the historic Vaughn-Palmer house for our daughter's wedding. It was very clean and tidy and smelled nicely scented instead of musty. It worked great for adults downstairs and teens upstairs. The mattresses and pillows were really comfortable. There were enough chairs for a gathering of 20. The sunroom is a great early morning hide-out. The kitchen and laundry room were outfitted with everything we needed. The only thing lacking was that I was unable to correspond with the owner about what was available for use for the wedding such as pitchers, tablecloth, silverware, etc. I am not sure if that is a VRBO policy or an oversight that my question was not seen. Turns out they had everything, but I had packed up an entire SUV of serving things (and just needed 2 bowls). I also would have liked the dead bushes and trees trimmed, but I know the deep winter freeze has put all of us in the south a bit behind. We can just edit out the dead limbs from the photos. The lawn was freshly manicured and looked lovely for the photos. Overall, the venue was great, the owner was helpful upon check-in and with questions during the stay, and it was a nice location in downtown Hot Springs: easy to pick up breakfast food for the wedding party just minutes away. Many thanks to the owner Wendy and her housekeeper Rhonda.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Saundra M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Elegant Historical Property

The property is just as pictured on website. The rooms are huge, the house is huge and beautifully decorated. There were 5 adults, which included 1 couple. Everyone had his/her own space. There are 4 areas I feel could be tweaked but did not affect the superior rating. 1. The incorrect network is listed to connect to WiFi. It wasn't until day 2 we figured it out. 2. There are 2 doors (bedrooms downstairs) that need repair. The knobs comes off when pulled. This was frightening when it happened as it made me feel I did something wrong. 3. The information sheet states to clean refrigerator out upon departure, but the doors are full of left over condiments/items from previous guests. 4.The 'master bath', there were leftover shampoo bottles and Dove shower soap left in the shower from a previous guest I assume. They were used bottles. As I stated these are minor things that should be addressed, but not show stoppers by any means. I would definitely stay here again without hesitation. Wendy the property owner is very quick to respond to messages which is very personable.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Traci A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful home. Felt like I was in an episode of Downton Abby.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sue F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This house was wonderful. It accommodated our large group and was very well stocked from the kitchen to bathrooms. Check-in was a breeze and the location was close to everything on our agenda. The house was beautifully decorated and all the beds were comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alison D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location and home

We were looking for a safe and centrally located space with comfy beds and this was the perfect place.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

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