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Hamilton House History
Hamilton House estate is located on a wooded, three acre peninsula on Lake Hamilton. The estate was planned in the late 1920.s and completed in 1931. It was the first and only home on the lake.
Constructed in a series of five levels - all steel, masonry and concrete, it was pattered in the style of an Italian villa on the Mediterranean Sea. A large, two-story boathouse was constructed at lakeside, housing a machine shop during World War II. Stables also were built adjacent to the boathouse. 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 coved that conceal indirect lighting depict a workmanship of a time gone by.
Mr. Van Lyell and his wife Frances, formerly of the Ziegfeld Follies, moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Mrs. Van Lyell moved to Arkansas from New york in 1927. Mr. Van Lyell was involved with Coca -Cola previousloy in Baton Rouge, LA and Camden, AR. Upon their arrival he purchased the Coca-Cola franchise in Hot Springs. At the time, a franchise area was established by how far a horse-drawn wagon full of cola could be drawn in one direction.
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Dr. and Mrs. Smith purchased the property in 1971, from Mrs. Frances (franci) Lyell for $125,000.00 dollars. Extensive renovation began. It served as a fine dining establishment until September 2003. The house was transferred over to their daughter, Dr. Marion Smith and her husband Ron Long, in December of 2003. The vision of keeping in tradition of expecting to share the home with others as the Van Lyell's seemed too, Dr. Smtih and her husband have decided to re~open and share the home in a Bed and Breakfast Inn fashion.
This unique property is a vital link to the history of Hot Springs as the first home constructed on the lake. Looking across the lake today, one finds it hard to fathom that less than seventy five years ago only one house stood on its shores, The Van Lyell house.
The chandelier hanging in the Hamilton Room was found in San Francisco. It was imported from Vienna and dates back to the Gold Rush Days. Antique Grandfather Clocks, Music Boxes, Cut Glass Collections, Amoirés and the lovely Venus De Medici, sculpted in 1870 in Carrara, Italy, are from the private family collection.
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