Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located at Salt Sulphur Springs

Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Salt Sulphur Springs is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Salt Sulphur Springs is located on U.S. Route 219 southwest of Union....

, near Union, West Virginia

Union, West Virginia

Union is a town in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 548 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Monroe County.-History:...

, Monroe County, West Virginia

Monroe County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 14,583 people, 5,447 households, and 3,883 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 people per square mile . There were 7,267 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

. The district includes seven contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures related to the Old Salt Sulphur Springs Resort or "Old Salt." Notable properties include the Old Stone Hotel, Episcopal Chapel, Stone Store Building (1820), Stone Bath House (1820), Stone Spring House (c. 1820), Sweet Sulphur Springs Site (discovered 1802), Salt Sulphur Spring (discovered 1805), and Iodine Spring (1838). It is the area's most significant collection of native limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 buildings.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1985.

External links

• Salt Sulpher Springs, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe, WV: 3 photos, 2 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• House, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs vicinity, Monroe, WV: 2 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Salt Sulphur Springs, Chapel, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe, WV: 2 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Salt Sulphur Springs, Store Building, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe, WV: 1 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Salt Sulphur Springs, Cottages, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe, WV: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Salt Sulphur Springs, Erskine House (Ruins), U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe, WV: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Salt Sulphur Springs, Erskine House (Ruins), U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe, WV: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Salt Sulphur Springs, Bath House, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe, WV: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Salt Sulphur Springs, Spring House, U.S. Route 219, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe, WV: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey