Sweet Chalybeate Springs

United States historic place
Sweet Chalybeate Springs
Virginia Landmarks Register
Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Main Building, HABS Photo, October 1974
37°38′38″N 80°14′32″W / 37.64389°N 80.24222°W / 37.64389; -80.24222
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
NRHP reference No.74002103[1]
VLR No.003-0006, 003-0007
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1974
Designated VLROctober 16, 1973[2]

Sweet Chalybeate Springs, also known as the Red Sweet Springs, Sweet Chalybeate Hotel and Sweet Chalybeate Springs Lodge, is a historic resort hotel complex located at Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, Virginia. It dates to the 1850s, and consists of a main building, guest ranges, and cottages all fronted with two-level porches. There are a total of eight contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The main building is a gable roof, weatherboarded, frame structure 12 bays long and 2 bays deep. The resort developed around springs flowing undisturbed from the bottom of a small rock bluff. Sweet Chalybeate suffered decline and finally closed its doors in 1918.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sweet Chalybeate Springs" (PDF). and Accompanying photo

Media related to Sweet Chalybeate Springs at Wikimedia Commons

  • "Taking the Waters: 19th Century Mineral Springs: Red Sweet Springs." Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
  • Sweet Chalybeate Springs, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Main Building, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 3 photos and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Sweet Chalybeate Springs, North Guest Range & Cottages, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Southern Guest Range, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Bandstand, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Spring House, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
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