Alum Spring


Alum Spring
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	SR 1211 1.6 mi. S of SR 1001, Catherine Lake, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°47′53″N 77°33′54″W / 34.79806°N 77.56500°W / 34.79806; -77.56500Coordinates: 34°47′53″N 77°33′54″W / 34.79806°N 77.56500°W / 34.79806; -77.56500
Area	14.9 acres (6.0 ha)
Built	c. 1850 (1850)
MPS	Onslow County MPS
NRHP Reference #	89002349^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 31, 1990

Alum Spring is a historic sulphur spring located at Catherine Lake, Onslow County, North Carolina. The spring was the site of the county poorhouse during the post-American Civil War period. After the poorhouse moved, the county-wide "Big August" picnic social gathering was held at Alum Spring until 1933.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Dan Pezzoni (April 1989). "Alum Spring" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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