 Fauquier White Sulphur Springs click on title for larger image |
"Is situated in Fauquier County, about fifty miles nearly due west from Washington City. The well shaded ground is beautifully laid out, and ornamented by walks, flowers and shrubbery. On the main avenue which leads to the Springs is, in the centre, a pretty fountain. The Spring is covered by a large pavilion supported by columns.
This watering place is a pleasant and inviting retreat. Located in the centre of the State, and in a lovely section of country, it attracts to it a large company every season. There is a fine, large Hotel, with a portico about 188 feet long and 25 feet wide, which affords a fine promenade in wet weather. The ball room and sitting rooms are on the same floor. There is also a comfortable bathing establishment attached, with buildings for the usual variety of innocent amusements at such resorts. A pack of 60 or 70 Fallow Deer afford the pleasure of the chase, always at command, some of the Deer being turned out for the purpose some days in advance. Pheasants and Turkeys are found in the adjoining woods. Near by is the Rappahannock River, which abounds in the finest fish. MORE |
Now the Fauquier Springs Country Club, outside Warrenton, Virginia, in the rolling hills of the Piedmont, this spa boasted two hotels and among the cottage owners were Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. It was common among the spas for cottages to be privately owned and furnished.
The hotels and other buildings burned during a Civil War battle and although rebuilt and once again popular, the resort never regained it’s former magnificence. In the 1950s the property was developed as a country club, which it remains today.
This is another of Beyer’s typical views with the subject viewed from higher ground and framed by a tree.
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