Sharon 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 Sharon Springs

Sharon Springs, New York

Sharon Springs is a village in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 547 at the 2000 census. Its name derives from the hometown of the first Colonial settlers, Sharon, Connecticut, and the important springs in the village...

 in Schoharie County, New York

Schoharie County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 31,582 people, 11,991 households and 8,177 families residing in the county. The population density was 51 people per square mile . There were 15,915 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...

. The district includes 167 contributing buildings and nine contributing structures. It encompasses all of what remains of the historic mineral water spa

Spa

The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy. Spa towns or spa resorts typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are...

, including commercial, institutional, and residential properties associated with its resort function during the period, ca. 1825-1941. The focus of the district is a group of mineral springs that together constitute the world famous spa for which the village was named. Notable buildings include the Magnesia Temple (1863), Chalybeate Temple (1920s), Lower Bath House (ca. 1876), Inhalation Bath House (ca. 1884), Imperial Bath House (1927), Adler Hotel (1928), and Roseboro Hotel (ca. 1905). Also located in the district is the separately listed American Hotel

American Hotel (Sharon Springs, New York)

American Hotel is a historic hotel located at Sharon Springs in Schoharie County, New York. It is a large, -story wood frame structure built between 1847 and 1851 in the Greek Revival style. It features a recessed 2-story porch with a colonnade of eight pillars with Doric order capitals...

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It was added to 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 1994.