Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District, also known as Jordan Alum Springs, and now known as Rockbridge Alum Springs - A Young Life Camp, is a historic 19th-century resort complex and national historic district near California, Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings, 10 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures dating primarily to the 1850s, and associated with the operations of the Rockbridge Alum Springs, a popular 19th- and early-20th century mountain resort. The buildings are the barroom, store/post office, Montgomery Hall, the Gothic Building, the Alum Springs Pavilion, two cottages of Baltimore Row, the Ladies Hotel, four cottages of Kentucky Row, Jordan's House, a servant's quarters, a slave quarters, and a storehouse. The remaining structures are a well, the stone spring chambers, gazebo, and the Jordan Alum Springs bandstand. The sites are primarily those of demolished cottages. It is one of the best-preserved antebellum springs resort complexes in Virginia. The resort remained in operation until 1941.[3] It is currently owned and operated by Young Life, a non-denominational Christian youth organization. It has been operated as a year-round campground since 1992.
Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District | |
 Open lawns in the complex, with the camp dining hall in the distance | |
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| Location | Address Restricted, near California, Virginia |
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| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1853 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 88003204[1] |
| VLR No. | 081-0086 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 1989 |
| Designated VLR | April 21, 1987[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Division of Historic Landmarks Staff (1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District". Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
External links
edit- "Taking the Waters: 19th Century Mineral Springs: Rockbridge Alum Springs." Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
- Rockbridge Alum Springs Young Life