SWEET SPRINGS W.Va. (Hinton News) – This week’s series is going to be a little lackluster in details. The internet has been out all day, and I haven’t been able to write one of my more in-depth pieces.
So, I will share two of the early photos of the Sweet Springs Hotel I uncovered while assisting my late friend and Summers County historian Ashby Berkley in his restoration efforts after he purchased the property at auction on November 12, 2015. From that time till he passed on October 12, 2024, he and I got pretty close.
He had decades of experience saving historic properties in Summers County. Such as the world-famous Riverside Inn in Pence Springs. The Pence Springs Spring House property, which he operated as an antique store and flea market again for decades. The Pence Springs Hotel, as well as several historic homes in the country…