Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District

Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Open lawns in the complex, with the camp dining hall in the distance
Location	Address Restricted, near California, Virginia
Area	40 acres (16 ha)
Built	1853 (1853)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	88003204
VLR No.	081-0086
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 19, 1989
Designated VLR	April 21, 1987

Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District, also known as Jordan Alum Springs, and now known as Rockbridge Alum Springs - A Young Life Camp, is a historic 19th-century resort complex and national historic district near California, Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings, 10 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures dating primarily to the 1850s, and associated with the operations of the Rockbridge Alum Springs, a popular 19th- and early-20th century mountain resort. The buildings are the barroom, store/post office, Montgomery Hall, the Gothic Building, the Alum Springs Pavilion, two cottages of Baltimore Row, the Ladies Hotel, four cottages of Kentucky Row, Jordan's House, a servant's quarters, a slave quarters, and a storehouse. The remaining structures are a well, the stone spring chambers, gazebo, and the Jordan Alum Springs bandstand. The sites are primarily those of demolished cottages. It is one of the best-preserved antebellum springs resort complexes in Virginia. The resort remained in operation until 1941. It is currently owned and operated by Young Life, a non-denominational Christian youth organization. It has been operated as a year-round campground since 1992.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

External links

• "Taking the Waters: 19th Century Mineral Springs: Rockbridge Alum Springs." Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
• Rockbridge Alum Springs Young Life