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Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District

Coordinates: 37°34′12″N 80°34′9″W / 37.57000°N 80.56917°W / 37.57000; -80.56917
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Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District
The hotel building in 2022
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District is located in West Virginia
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District is located in the United States
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District
LocationU.S. Route 219, near Union, West Virginia
Coordinates37°34′12″N 80°34′9″W / 37.57000°N 80.56917°W / 37.57000; -80.56917
Area34 acres (14 ha)
ArchitectFullen, John, Sr.; Fullen, John, Jr.
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.85003412[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 1985

Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District is a national historic district located at Salt Sulphur Springs, near Union, West Virginia, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes seven contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures related to the Old Salt Sulphur Springs Resort or "Old Salt." Notable properties include the Old Stone Hotel, Episcopal Chapel, Stone Store Building (1820), Stone Bath House (1820), Stone Spring House (c. 1820), Sweet Sulphur Springs Site (discovered 1802), Salt Sulphur Spring (discovered 1805), and Iodine Spring (1838). It is the area's most significant collection of native limestone buildings.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Monroe County Historical Society (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
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