Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District

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
Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District is located in Virginia
Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District
Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District is located in the United States
Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District
LocationAddress Restricted, near California, Virginia
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1853 (1853)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.88003204[1]
VLR No.081-0086
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1989
Designated VLRApril 21, 1987[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

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  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 June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Division of Historic Landmarks Staff (1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District". Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
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