Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs

Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs
Location W of Crumpler on SR 1542, near Crumpler, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°30′8″N 81°23′45″W / 36.50222°N 81.39583°W / 36.50222; -81.39583Coordinates: 36°30′8″N 81°23′45″W / 36.50222°N 81.39583°W / 36.50222; -81.39583
Area 8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built c. 1887 (1887), c. 1900, c. 1920
NRHP Reference # 76001299[1]
Added to NRHP October 22, 1976

Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs, also known as Healing Springs, is a historic mineral spring resort and national historic district located near Crumpler, Ashe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. They include the octagonal plan spring house and frame double cabin (c. 1900), frame bath house, a long frame cabin structure, 5 cabins (c. 1920), and a double cabin (c. 1930). The Bromine-Arsenic Springs Hotel was constructed in 1887 and burned to the ground in 1962; its former location is considered an archaeological site.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Linda Robertson; Davyd Foard Hood & Charles Greer Suttlemyre, Jr. (June 1976). "Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Springs" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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