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Craig Healing Springs, also known as the Craig Springs Conference Grounds, is a historic resort property located at Craig Springs, Craig County, west of
New Castle, Virginia New Castle (historically spelled as one word; "Newcastle") is the only town in Craig County, Virginia, United States. The population was 125 at the 2020 census.https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=New%20Castle%20 ...
. It encompasses 23 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure associated with the Craig Healing Springs resort. They include mostly frame resort cottages in addition to the two-story, brick Oak Lodge (c. 1935). It contains guest rooms and the facilities for the healing baths. The core of the complex is the building known as "Central," which.contained guest registration, rooms, and the kitchen and dining facilities. The property also includes a former dance pavilion, used as an assembly hall. A gazebo marks the location of the springs and stands northwest of the dance pavilion. The resort was incorporated in 1909, and the health spa-resort complex flourished with the advent of automobile travel in the years between the two world wars. It declined in popularity in the 1950s, and was purchased in 1960, as a retreat and conference center for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Virginia. an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Craig Healing Springs.jpg, Buildings in the western section of the complex


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Craig Springs Camp and Retreat Center website
Resorts in Virginia Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Craig County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Craig County, Virginia Temporary populated places on the National Register of Historic Places {{CraigCountyVA-NRHP-stub