Built c. 1850 (1850) VLR # 003-0006, 003-0007 Area 7 ha | NRHP Reference # 74002103 Designated VLR October 16, 1973 Added to NRHP 21 January 1974 | |
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Location South of Earlhurst on VA 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Virginia | ||
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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