Sweet Chalybeate Springs

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]

Sweet Chalybeate Springs
Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Main Building, HABS Photo, October 1974
LocationSouth of Earlhurst on VA 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Virginia
Coordinates37°38′38″N 80°14′32″W
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]

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

References
  1. "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

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