Crescent Bath House
Frank Ferris, Proprietor, designed the Crescent Bath House in Elsinore in a Victorian era interpretation of Moorish style. It was built in 1887 across the street from the train station on land owned by Franklin Heald, a city founder. The bath house utilized the nearby 132 degree hot sulphur water, giving hotel guests a choice of 10 sunken, porcelain-tiled bathtubs, mud bathing, a mineral plunge, therapy rooms and sauna facilities. A regular swimming pool was added in the early 1900s. The place was a hit from day one, but slowly fell out of favor and closed by 1950. It reopened as Chime’s Antiques and Collectibles after which numerous sightings of ghosts were reported. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Elsinore, Riverside
Images by Al Russell