{"nrhp_refnum":"75000453","name":"Crescent Bathhouse","other_names":["Chimes,The"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 W. Graham Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake Elsinore","county":"Riverside County","state":"CA","lat":33.669276215000025,"lon":-117.33073107099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-07-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story redwood bathhouse at 201 W. Graham Avenue in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California, built in 1887 in the Moorish style and designed by Frank Ferris. It is also known as The Chimes.","why_significant":"The building was a medicinal bathhouse built over a hot mineral spring by Frank Ferris and Franklin Heald, one of the three founders of Elsinore. Its advertising helped make the town a health resort, and the spring was reportedly used by Indians and early settlers. It is described as the only bathhouse in Lake Elsinore still standing and capable of offering medicinal services.","narrative":"Built in 1887 over a hot mineral spring in Lake Elsinore, this two-story redwood bathhouse was designed by Frank Ferris in the Moorish style fashionable in the Victorian era. Ferris and Franklin Heald, one of Elsinore's three founders, operated it as partners. Heald's advertising helped establish the town as a health resort. Inside, ten sunken ceramic-tile tubs, skylights adjusted by ropes and pulleys, and an enclosed courtyard that once held the mineral pool recall its medicinal purpose. Examination and therapy rooms were added in the 1920s. The spring was reportedly used by Indians before settlers arrived, and later settlers used it for bathing and laundry. The building served as a spa until 1945, then as a rooming house, and later as an interior decorating and antiques shop called The Chimes. It is described as the only bathhouse still standing in Lake Elsinore and still capable of offering medicinal services.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frank Ferris","architectural_style":"Eclectic; Moorish style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Last used as a spa in 1945, then a rooming house, later used for interior decorating and antiques; now listed as residential/commercial. Condition boxes are unreadable.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.094244-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/75000453.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000453/cb7da7ee9d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000453/cb7da7ee9d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Steve Rouhotas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crescent_Bathhouse_044_Wiki_a.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Rouhotas</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crescent_Bathhouse_044_Wiki_a.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860456","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133416910"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/riverside-county/crescent-bathhouse-75000453/"}