Harrodsburg Springs

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"Harrodsburg Springs" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/P00011547, (accessed March 16, 2025).

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Harrodsburg, Kentucky, mineral springs. A spa by the same name was operated by Captain David Sutton in the early 1820s. The addition of a four-story hotel allowed for many visitors in the 1830s and 1840s. The property was sold to the U.S. government for use as the Western Military Asylum on June 8, 1853. From 1857 to 1864 the property housed Kentucky University. After a fire destroyed the main building in 1964, the property was abandoned and Kentucky University relocated to Lexington.

"Harrodsburg Springs" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 414-15. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Harrodsburg, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on December 16, 2019).

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