Capon Springs | |
Location | Capon Springs Road (CR 16) Capon Springs, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°7′59″N78°28′45″W / 39.13306°N 78.47917°W |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 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 20th 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 168-room Mountain House Hotel had been built, enduring until it burned in 1911. [2] 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. [3]
The resort was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [2]
In 2013, the resort was named West Virginia's Family-Owned Business of the Year. [4]
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