I took a quick tour of Sweet Springs, WV on Argust 14th as the C-3 was finally out of film. That’s why I usually bring the digicam along with me. The former resort is just up the road from Paint Bank, VA, and used to entertain a who’s-who of folks. It fell into bad times when, due to lack of railroad service, and the Great Depression, people quit going to it. It became a state owned property, housing at various times a sanatorium, an old folks home, and a drug rehabilitation center. It closed for good in the 1990’s, and was sold off. A second sale resulted in the promise of restoring it to it’s former glory, but it hasn’t come to pass.
PF
Sweet Springs Resort Buildings 11 by br1078phot, on Flickr
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Sweet Springs, WV Tour
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Re: Sweet Springs, WV Tour
Good old Southern architecture.
If we all saw the world the same no one would need a camera.
Re: Sweet Springs, WV Tour
An interesting history lesson. Bet the place will look even more scenic in the fall.
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