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.