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Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District
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Chapel in Salt Sulphur Springs, 1974
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District is located in West Virginia
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District
Location in West Virginia
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District is located in the United States
Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District
Location in the United States
Location U.S. Route 219, near Union, West Virginia
Area 34 acres (14 ha)
Architect Fullen, John, Sr.; Fullen, John, Jr.
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 85003412
Added to NRHP October 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.

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


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