Sweet Chalybeate Springs, also known as the Red Sweet Springs, Sweet Chalybeate Hotel and Sweet Chalybeate Springs Lodge, is a historic resort hotel complex located at Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, Virginia. It dates to the 1850s, and consists of a main building, guest ranges, and cottages all fronted with two-level porches. There are a total of eight contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The main building is a gable roof, weatherboarded, frame structure 12 bays long and 2 bays deep. The resort developed around springs flowing undisturbed from the bottom of a small rock bluff. Sweet Chalybeate suffered decline and finally closed its doors in 1918. and Accompanying photo
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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"Taking the Waters: 19th Century Mineral Springs: Red Sweet Springs." Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia Sweet Chalybeate Springs, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Main Building, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 3 photos and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey Sweet Chalybeate Springs, North Guest Range & Cottages, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Southern Guest Range, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Bandstand, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Spring House, State Route 311, Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany County, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey