Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs

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Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs
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LocationW of Crumpler on SR 1542, near Crumpler, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°30′8″N81°23′45″W / 36.50222°N 81.39583°W / 36.50222; -81.39583
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Builtc. 1887 (1887), c. 1900, c. 1920
ArchitectMultiple
NRHP reference No. 76001299 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1976

Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs, also known as Healing Springs, is a historic mineral spring resort and national historic district located near Crumpler, Ashe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. They include the octagonal plan spring house and frame double cabin (c. 1900), frame bath house, a long frame cabin structure, 5 cabins (c. 1920), and a double cabin (c. 1930). The Bromine-Arsenic Springs Hotel was constructed in 1887 and burned to the ground in 1962; its former location is considered an archaeological site. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [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. Linda Robertson; Davyd Foard Hood & Charles Greer Suttlemyre Jr. (June 1976). "Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.