Ellerbe Springs Hotel

Ellerbe Springs Hotel
Invalid designation
Location N of Ellerbe, near Ellerbe, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°05′30″N 79°45′48″W / 35.09167°N 79.76333°W / 35.09167; -79.76333Coordinates: 35°05′30″N 79°45′48″W / 35.09167°N 79.76333°W / 35.09167; -79.76333
Area 48.2 acres (19.5 ha)
Built c. 1875 (1875)
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 80002896[1]
Added to NRHP June 4, 1980

Ellerbe Springs Hotel is a historic rural resort hotel located near Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was built about 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

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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.


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