Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District facts for kids
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Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District
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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 |
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| Added to NRHP | January 19, 1989 |
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. 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
