We see to it that each young person gets some candy and has fun.” Project Manager Ashby Berkley said “We love having the children here and seeing they have a good time. Sweet Springs Park offers two different nights so children have a safe, healthy, and fun event that incorporates one of children’s favorite holidays without scaring them to the point they would never enjoy another haunted house of any kind. The scares are much worse, and a lot more of them, so children under 12 rarely – if ever – make it through.” According to Arietta DuPre, volunteer administrative assistant and marketing director, “The first night is always designed for children – they can come, get a little scared, and enjoy themselves without being totally terrified, and we had over 150 children under 12 for the night.” DuPre went on to say, “Now the second night (this year on October 30) is different – it is the adult night and we encourage young children to stay upstairs and play while the parents go through the Haunted Sanitarium. The resort flourished from 1820 until the Civil War.SWEET SPRINGS, WV – The Sweet Springs Park held the first night of their 4th Annual Haunted Sanitarium & Hayride on Saturday October 23 and it was a huge success. The resort was auctioned to Ashby Berkley on November 12, 2015, along with equipment and facilities to bottle the famous Sweet Springs mineral water, for $560,000. In 2005, Sweet Springs was sold again, and the new owner hoped to restore the resort to its former glory but sadly passed away unexpectedly before being able to accomplish the restoration. The project failed, and in 1996 the former resort was sold into private hands. The Rowan Home was closed in 1991, and the state turned the facility over to Monroe County to establish a rehabilitation center for substance abuse treatment. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.Ī major renovation was undertaken from 1972 to 1975. In 1945, the state of West Virginia purchased the property and established the Andrew S.
Caperton and Oliver Bierne.įrom 1902 to 1920, the Lewis family owned the property again and it operated under several different owners until it went into receivership in 1930.įrom 1942 through 1945, Old Sweet operated as a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients. Old Sweet was operated by William Lewis, and in turn his son and grandson, until 1852, when the financially distressed property was acquired by Allen T. Sweet Springs continued to attract guests after the Civil War, but many vacationers preferred to go to resorts that were more convenient to the railways.
His troops camped in the vicinity of the resort, but there is no record that the buildings were harmed. In June 1864, the resort was visited by Union forces under the command of General David Hunter. Some of the most well known visitors to mention are: Guests would often visit several mineral springs resorts during the busy summer season to enjoy the water and social life at each. During this time, Sweet Springs was a day’s carriage drive from eight other mineral spring resorts known as the “Virginia Springs’’ of pre-Civil War Virginia. A second large building and five cottages were erected in 1857. In the 1830’s, the present large brick hotel was constructed with columned porticos and was often referred to as The Jefferson Building because of its Jeffersonian design. The resort flourished from 1820 until the Civil War. From 1795 to 1807, a Virginia district court representing the counties of Botetourt, Greenbrier, Kanawha, and Montgomery met at the Sweet Springs resort.
He was the brother of General Andrew Lewis, who commanded Virginia militia at the Battle of Point Pleasant, and of Charles Lewis, who died in that battle. William Lewis was a Revolutionary War veteran. The Sweet Springs Resort was known as Old Sweet Springs or simply “Old Sweet.” The first hotel was erected in 1792 by William Lewis. It is the location of a historic mineral spring resort since the 1700’s. Sweet Springs Sanitarium is located in eastern Monroe County.
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