Craig Healing Springs

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Craig Healing Springs
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Overview
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LocationDicks Creek Road, Craig Springs,
Craig County,
near New Castle, Virginia
Coordinates 37°29′05″N80°17′31″W / 37.484698°N 80.291849°W / 37.484698; -80.291849 Coordinates: 37°29′05″N80°17′31″W / 37.484698°N 80.291849°W / 37.484698; -80.291849
Area14 acres (5.7 ha)
Built1909, 1935, 1960
NRHP reference No. 82004551 [1]
VLR No.022-0004
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1982
Designated VLRDecember 16, 1980 [2]

Craig Healing Springs, also known as the Craig Springs Conference Grounds, is a historic resort property located at Craig Springs, Craig County, west of New Castle, Virginia. It encompasses 23 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure associated with the Craig Healing Springs resort. They include mostly frame resort cottages in addition to the two-story, brick Oak Lodge (c. 1935). It contains guest rooms and the facilities for the healing baths. The core of the complex is the building known as "Central," which.contained guest registration, rooms, and the kitchen and dining facilities. The property also includes a former dance pavilion, used as an assembly hall. A gazebo marks the location of the springs and stands northwest of the dance pavilion. The resort was incorporated in 1909, and the health spa-resort complex flourished with the advent of automobile travel in the years between the two world wars. It declined in popularity in the 1950s, and was purchased in 1960, as a retreat and conference center for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Virginia. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Craig Healing Springs" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo