Arrowhead Springs Hotel

Naval Convalescent Hospital Arrowhead Springs was a U.S. Navy medical treatment facility during World War 2.

The hotel/hospital has an outdoor swimming pool, a 130-person theater, natural hot springs, a lake, tennis courts, and recreational facilities on 1,700 acres in the mountains.

A small tuberculosis sanitarium center that had a natural steam cave and mud baths opened in 1864.

In 1938 the resort was sold to Hollywood group: Jay Paley, Joseph M. Schenck, Constance Bennett, Al Jolson, Darryl Zanuck and Claudette Colbert for $800,000.

The resort was designed by African American architects Paul R. Williams and Gordon Kaufmann in the art deco[citation needed] style.

Hollywood guests included Charlie Chaplin, Judy Garland, and Clark Gable.

The resort was used for filming movies, including Humphrey Bogart in High Sierra in 1941.

Naval Convalescent Hospital Arrowhead Springs in 1944, the 1939 Arrowhead Springs Hotel