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Contractor Cooperation: the Skilled Team that Built West Baden

October 22, 2024
West Baden Springs Hotel History
To build West Baden Springs Hotel from the ground up, you need a little help from your friends. The more the better when it comes to specialized skills and materials.
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French Lick & West Baden Restoration: By the Numbers

October 04, 2024
French Lick Springs Hotel lobby
When it came to the restoration of West Baden and French Lick Springs Hotels in the mid-2000s, we went big. Real big.
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8 Ways to Get Around and Experience Fall

September 12, 2024
West Baden Springs Hotel in Fall
On your own two feet, on a set of wheels, even on horseback — there’s no wrong way to get around and see the sights this autumn.
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Spotlighting Lost Features from the Resort's Past

September 05, 2024
French Lick Springs Hotel Domed Pool
Some of French Lick Resort's classic features have been lost to time. But thanks to our photo archives, we can still take a little time-travel tour and get a feel for how folks lived the resort life in days gone by.
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Go Inside the Progress of the Restored Billiard & Bowling Pavilion

August 13, 2024
The new West Baden Billiard & Bowling Pavilion
Soon it’ll be time to rack ‘em up and knock ‘em down in the Billiard & Bowling Pavilion – just like guests did more than 100 years ago at West Baden Springs Hotel.
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West Baden Springs Hotel by the Numbers

July 26, 2024
West Baden Springs Hotel Atrium
West Baden Springs Hotel isn’t just a marvel to enjoy with the eyes. With its geometric patterns, clean symmetry and wealth of history, the impressive figures about this structure make it just as fun to explore with your mind.
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Hotels, Circus, Riches, a Shocking Death: The Colorful Life of West Baden's Ed Ballard

June 28, 2024
West Baden Springs Hotel and Ed Ballard
Ed Ballard would be 150 years old today. Seems appropriate to mark the occasion, because this was a man who lived enough adventure for a few lifetimes.
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6 Experiences to Drink In for National Bourbon Day

June 13, 2024
Enjoying Bourbon at French Lick Resort
It’s National Bourbon Day — and it’s Friday — so you better believe we’re raising a glass.
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French Lick and West Baden Summer Snapshots, in Black and White

June 05, 2024
Old-time golfers at West Baden Springs Hotel
Summer's the season for travel. So how 'bout a little time travel? Here's some of our favorite vintage pictures highlighting summer life at French Lick and West Baden back in the day.
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10 Ways to Enjoy Our Legacy of Preservation

May 24, 2024
Historic archway entrance at West Baden Springs Hotel
Preservation Month may be winding to a close, but it's never too late to commemorate our preservation story. Here are 10 ways you can experience some of the historic sights and features that were saved at French Lick Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs Hotel and elsewhere across French Lick Resort.
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