St. Clair Springs, Alabama

St. Clair Springs is an unincorporated community and historic district in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States.

St. Clair Springs
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°45′51″N 86°24′17″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	St. Clair
Elevation	659 ft (201 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	164843[1]
St. Clair Springs
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Architectural style	Late Victorian, Stick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No.	76002140[2]
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1976

Beginning in the 1840s, people came to the area to camp around the springs. A four-room tavern was built sometime before the Civil War. In 1875, the St. Clair Springs Hotel was built near the springs, and several private homes were built in the 1880s. The hotel closed in 1902, but was soon replaced by the St. Clair Inn. The Inn burned in 1925, which effectively ended the area's tourism popularity.[3]

The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and includes 23 structures. The majority of houses are small Victorian cottages originally built as summer homes.[3]

References

1. "Saint Clair Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. Floyd, W. Warner (October 7, 1974). "St. Clair Springs". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved December 1, 2017. See also: "Accompanying photos". Retrieved December 1, 2017.