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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