Orkney Springs Hotel

Orkney Springs Hotel

Orkney Springs Hotel, October 2010
Location VA 263, W of jct. with VA 610, Orkney Springs, Virginia
Coordinates 38°47′41″N 78°48′56″W / 38.79472°N 78.81556°W / 38.79472; -78.81556Coordinates: 38°47′41″N 78°48′56″W / 38.79472°N 78.81556°W / 38.79472; -78.81556
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built 1853 (1853)
NRHP Reference # 76002119[1]
VLR # 085-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 22, 1976
Designated VLR March 18, 1975[2]

Orkney Springs Hotel is a historic resort spa complex located at Orkney Springs, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The oldest building, known as Maryland House, was built in 1853, and is a two-story, rectangular stuccoed frame building. It is faced on all sides by double galleries. The main hotel building, known as Virginia House, was built between 1873 and 1876. It is a four-story, stuccoed frame, "H"-shaped building measuring 100 feet by 165 feet and features a three-story verandah. The hotel contains 175 bedrooms . The remaining contributing resources are the three-story Pennsylvania House (1867), seven identical two-story, six-room, hipped roof cottages, and a small columned pavilion located next to the mineral springs.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1] It is currently owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, which operates it and several surrounding buildings as Shrine Mont, a retreat center which also contains the diocese's Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Orkney Springs Hotel" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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