Warm Springs Historic District, Historic rehabilitation complex in Warm Springs, Georgia, US
Warm Springs Historic District lies in Warm Springs, Georgia, and includes Franklin D. Roosevelt's Little White House and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. Its buildings date mostly from the 1920s and 1930s, and much of the district looks as it did when Roosevelt visited. The institute's main building is Georgia Hall, built in 1933.
A politician came here in 1924 to recover from polio and bought the property three years later to establish a treatment center. The facility drew many patients and medical staff in the following decades.
The facility became a place where patients from different regions sought treatment and practiced together in therapy pools. The name comes from the warm springs that once stood at the center of all therapy offerings.
The institute now provides vocational rehabilitation, long-term care, and inpatient treatment for patients with physical conditions. Visitors can explore the grounds and some historic buildings while medical areas remain reserved for patients.
The springs were already in use by prehistoric people, and their temperature when Roosevelt bathed in them was 89 °F (32 °C). The original historic pools are usually closed; the Little White House and the DNR open the water to the public once a year over Labor Day Weekend, admitting four groups a day for a 90-minute swim.
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