Capon Springs Resort
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| Location: | Capon Springs Road (CR 16) Capon Springs, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates: | 39°7′59″N 78°28′45″W / 39.13306°N 78.47917°WCoordinates: 39°7′59″N 78°28′45″W / 39.13306°N 78.47917°W |
| Architectural style: | Late Victorian, Greek Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 93001228 |
| Added to NRHP: | November 12, 1993[1] |
Capon Springs, also known as Frye's Springs and Watson Town, is a national historic district in Capon Springs, West Virginia that includes a number of resort buildings ranging in age from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. The area grew around a mineral spring discovered by Henry Frye in the 1760s, so that by 1787 the town of Watson had been established. By 1850 the Mountain House Hotel had been built, enduring until it burned in 1911. Also in 1850 the state of Virginia built Greek Revival bath pavilions and the President's House. A period of decline followed the Mountain House fire, but rebuilding began in the 1930s under the ownership of Louis Austin. The resort is still in Austin family ownership.[2]
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Maral Kalbian and Julie Vosnmik (July 1993). National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Capon SpringsPDF (1.93 MB). National Park Service.
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- Historic districts in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Greek Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Historic districts in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Hotels on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Destination spas
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