J.O. Langford built the Hot Springs motor court or motel in 1927 to house guests who came to sample the healing waters of the hot springs. According to an advertisement published in 1933, "Light housekeeping rooms, furnished, except linens, blankets, and pillows, rent for $1 per day; $6 per week; baths 25 cents each; patients with contagious diseases 50 cents a bath; room, board, and baths $3 per day. Or you can, free of charge, camp outdoors under the shade of the trees, and fish in the waters of the Rio Grande." Built of stone with a concrete floor, each room was decorated with paintings of burros, horsemen and other scenes by Mrs. Guy Lee of Marathon. Today you can peer inside the windows and doorways and view remnants of those colorful paintings.