Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Virginia, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date =April 21, 1987{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 081-0086

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Rockbridge Alum Springs octagonal bandstand.jpg

| caption = Open lawns in the complex, with the camp dining hall in the distance

| location = Address Restricted, near California, Virginia

| coordinates =

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = {{Start date|1853}}

| architecture = Greek Revival, Gothic Revival

| added = January 19, 1989

| area = {{convert|40|acre}}

| refnum = 88003204{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District, also known as Jordan Alum Springs, and now known as Rockbridge Alum Springs - A Young Life Camp, is a historic 19th-century resort complex and national historic district near California, Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings, 10 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures dating primarily to the 1850s, and associated with the operations of the Rockbridge Alum Springs, a popular 19th- and early-20th century mountain resort. The buildings are the barroom, store/post office, Montgomery Hall, the Gothic Building, the Alum Springs Pavilion, two cottages of Baltimore Row, the Ladies Hotel, four cottages of Kentucky Row, Jordan's House, a servant's quarters, a slave quarters, and a storehouse. The remaining structures are a well, the stone spring chambers, gazebo, and the Jordan Alum Springs bandstand. The sites are primarily those of demolished cottages. It is one of the best-preserved antebellum springs resort complexes in Virginia. The resort remained in operation until 1941.{{cite web|url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/081-0086/|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District|author=Division of Historic Landmarks Staff|year=1987 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} It is currently owned and operated by Young Life, a non-denominational Christian youth organization. It has been operated as a year-round campground since 1992.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.