Ellerbe Springs Hotel Explained

Ellerbe Springs Hotel
Nrhp Type:Ellerbe Springs Hotel, March 2007
Location:N of Ellerbe, near Ellerbe, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.0917°N -79.7633°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:June 4, 1980
Refnum:80002896

Ellerbe Springs Hotel is a historic rural resort hotel located near Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was built around 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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jerry L. Cross and Edward F. Turberg. Ellerbe Springs Hotel. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1979. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.