Capon Springs Resort

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Capon Springs

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Main House Capon Springs WV 2004.jpg

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| location = Capon Springs Road (CR 16)
Capon Springs, West Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|39|7|59|N|78|28|45|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia#West Virginia#USA

| map_label = Capon Springs Resort

| area =

| architecture = Late Victorian, Greek Revival

| added = November 12, 1993{{NRISref|2008a}}

| refnum = 93001228

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File:Capon Springs WV Hotel from Book of the Royal Blue April 1909 Vol 12 No 07 Page 14.jpg

Capon Springs, also known as Frye's Springs and Watson Town, is a national historic district in Capon Springs, West Virginia that includes a number of resort buildings ranging in age from the mid-nineteenth century to the early 20th century. The area grew around a mineral spring discovered by Henry Frye in the 1760s, so that by 1787 the town of Watson had been established. By 1850, the 168-room Mountain House Hotel had been built, enduring until it burned in 1911.{{cite web|url=http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/597017/Resort-is-all-about-families.html?nav=5006|title=Resort is all about families|date=July 27, 2013|accessdate=July 27, 2013|work=The Journal|first=John|last=McVey}} Also in 1850, the state of Virginia built Greek Revival bath pavilions and the President's House. A period of decline followed the Mountain House fire, but rebuilding began in the 1930s under the ownership of Louis Austin. The resort is still in Austin family ownership.{{Cite book|title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Capon Springs|url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Capon-springs.pdf |date=July 1993 |author=Maral Kalbian and Julie Vosnmik|publisher=National Park Service}}

The resort was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

In 2013, the resort was named West Virginia's Family-Owned Business of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/597016/Capon-Springs-and-Farm-resort-honored-by-SBA.html?nav=5006|title=Capon Springs and Farm resort honored by SBA|date=July 27, 2013|accessdate=July 27, 2013|work=The Journal|first=John|last=McVey}}