About Us
Innkeepers
Dennis and Debra Emery.
Armour's Red Boiling Springs Hotel
The Armour's Red Boiling Springs Hotel is a two-story native
brick structure built in 1924 by attorney John Smith and is listed on
the National Register of Historic Places. It was first called Smith's
Brick Hotel, being the first brick hotel structure in town. Later, and
for most of its existence, it was known as the Counts Hotel. In 1991,
Brenda and Bobby Thomas renamed the hotel of today. Unfortunately,
throughout the years, the conditions had deteriorated slightly. Desires
to preserve Red Boiling Springs' history motivated the Thomas' to
purchase the hotel. Immediately beginning renovation of the building
continued their efforts to help revitalize the healing tradition of the
area for any year-round guest.
The Armour's is now owned by Dennis and Debra Emery. They assumed
ownership August 29, 2008, from Laban and Reba Hilton who owned and
operated the hotel since 1999. Dennis and Debra have embarked on a
complete refurbishment and redecoration of the hotel and invite you to
come and share their home and see the improvements!
The Armour's is the only facility known in the State of Tennessee that
offers a mineral bathhouse, coupled with a steam bath and the
availability of Certified Massage Therapists in our
Spa. (Advanced notice is requested
for massage therapy.)
Neighboring Historic Hotels in Red Boiling Springs
The Thomas House
Originally named The Cloyd Hotel, a 30 room frame building was destroyed
by fire just after the turn of the century. The Cloyd's rebuilt the
hotel, this time larger and more magnificent than before. The Cloyd now
had 54 guest rooms, each with a European Water closet, a luxury that few
hotels in the south had. There was at one time a bathhouse, an open-air
bowling alley, a swimming pool, and a nine-hole golf course. Today the
Thomas House is owned by the Thomas family.
The Donoho Hotel
The first hotel on the site was built by a man named Whitley in the
early part of the 1900s and was called the Whitley house. One of the
Whitley's daughters later married a man called Donoho and they ran the
second hotel built on the site. When Donoho died, Tennie, another of
Whitley's daughters, married B. W. Chitwood and they operated the hotel,
built in 1914 that stands today. The Chitwoods sold to Ed Hagan in 1955,
and much restoration was done to the building. The hotel sold again in
1970 and yet again in 1974 to the Walsh family. Ms. Walsh operated the
hotel until 1993 when it was sold to Jeff and Talisa Cowden and
children, Micah and Zachary. The hotel is presently owned by a family
from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.