06/08/2026
Before there was Wagley Tails Dog Park, there was the Wagley Bath House.
Located just north of the Crazy Water Hotel on 4th Street, the building originally opened around 1909 as the Bimini Bath House before eventually becoming known as the Wagley Bath House and Sanitarium.
At the height of Mineral Wells’ resort era, bath houses like Wagley’s welcomed visitors seeking the famous mineral waters that made the city known across the country. Treatments, baths, rest, and recovery were woven into everyday life here.
The bath house and its annex stood for decades before being demolished in the early 1980s.
Today, its location has a new purpose as Wagley Tails Dog Park, carrying forward a familiar name while serving a new generation of visitors.
Different purpose. Same gathering place.
A century ago, people came here seeking healing waters. Today, it’s a place for wagging tails, friendly conversations, and community.
It’s one of the things that makes Mineral Wells so fascinating—the past is never very far beneath the surface.
Fun Fact: During construction of Wagley Tails Dog Park, crews uncovered bricks, old bottles, foundations, and other remnants believed to be from the long-demolished Wagley Bath House. More than 40 years after the building was torn down, pieces of Mineral Wells history were still waiting beneath the surface.
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Do you have old photos, postcards, newspaper clippings, or memories that include the Crazy Water Hotel or the historic buildings that once surrounded it?
We’d love to see them.
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Whether the hotel is front and center or simply part of the story, every photograph helps preserve the history of Mineral Wells for future generations.
Thank you Stacy and Lori Blackburn for sharing this piece of history.
