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Ellerbe Springs Hotel

Coordinates: 35°05′30″N 79°45′48″W / 35.09167°N 79.76333°W / 35.09167; -79.76333
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Ellerbe Springs Hotel
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Ellerbe Springs Hotel is located in North Carolina
Ellerbe Springs Hotel
Ellerbe Springs Hotel is located in the United States
Ellerbe Springs Hotel
LocationN of Ellerbe, near Ellerbe, North Carolina
Coordinates35°05′30″N 79°45′48″W / 35.09167°N 79.76333°W / 35.09167; -79.76333
Area48.2 acres (19.5 ha)
Builtc. 1875; 149 years ago (1875)
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.80002896[1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1980

Ellerbe Springs Hotel is a historic rural resort hotel located near Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was built around 1875 and is a two-story, three part, rambling frame dwelling in the Late Victorian style. It consists of a five bay central block with five bay flanking wings and steep hipped roofs. It features a one-story, wraparound porch. Also on the property is a contributing late-19th century dance pavilion. The hotel developed around a mineral spring. Eleanor Roosevelt was a visitor to the site in 1940, when she spoke of the president's National Youth Administration program.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jerry L. Cross and Edward F. Turberg (November 1979). "Ellerbe Springs Hotel" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.