123 Van Lyell Terrace , Hot Springs, AR 71913(Garland County)

The Hamilton House Estate was the FIRST home built on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs Arkansas and is listed on the National Historic Registry. It is said that Al Capone had this home built for Van Lyell, Capone was the most infamous gangster in American. Rumor has it, that Capone started the first gambling right here at the Hamilton House. The Tunnel on the lower floor was used for all the gamblers to escape when the police raided the place. This Mansion is full of History. Hamilton House Estate, is a 10,000sf+, 5 BR, 5 full bath, all baths have marble tubs. It has a full Commercial Kitchen, complete with a huge dish washer. It is now being used as a Bed & Breakfast. The home sets on a 2.7 acre Peninsula, just minutes from the race track. The estate creates a magnificent presence sitting on a 2.7 acre wooded peninsula jutting out into the deep mountain lake. Our magnificent grounds include a waterfall cascading down into Lake Hamilton with extensive walking paths through our beautiful gardens. Lakeside we have a swimming area/with water slide(floating), 4 private boat slips and fishing dock.

Luxury Accommodations

Your accommodations at Hamilton House Estate are equally unique. We offer five rooms including two master suites that sprawl across the entire east/west wing of the House. In all our rooms and suites you will find rich appointments, original hardwood floors, king size beds and private baths with Jacuzzi whirlpool tubs. You will also find modern conveniences like cable television with DVD players.

Weddings and Special Gatherings

The Hamilton House is an exclusive five level mansion that will suit any wedding or special event. Our private lake peninsula also makes a perfect retreat or getaway after your big event! Facilities and seating for 150 guests inside and up to 250 guests when you include our outside patios.

The estate was planned in the late 1920s and completed in 1931. The grounds of the inn provide an impressive backdrop to weddings, special events, and just relaxing on the lake. One enters the front of the property between two stone piers and black iron gates. The circular driveway features a unique anchor located in the center of the drive. The three-ton anchor was originally part of the battleship USS Massachusetts, which was part of Teddy Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet."

The house was patterned after an Italian villa and features marble floors from Mexico, hand-molded tiles and cornices, Carrara glass tiles from Italy, a Romeo and Juliet balcony over the front entrance, and the original red clay tiles, also imported from Mexico. The chandelier in the main room was shipped in from San Francisco. It was imported from Vienna and dates back to the Gold Rush Days. Amoires and the lovely Venus De Medici, sculpted in 1870 in Carrara, Italy, are from the private family collection.

Constructed in a series of five levels--all steel, masonry and concrete--the inn looks like it should be on the Mediterranean Sea. Inside the Manor House, the inlaid marble floor in the foyer and Hamilton Room was imported from Mexico. Jazz plaster (an application of plaster and color at one time) and the hand-molded plaster ceiling coves that conceal indirect lighting display a workmanship of a time gone by.