Orkney Springs Hotel

Orkney Springs Hotel is a historic resort spa complex located at Orkney Springs, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The oldest building, known as Maryland House, was built in 1853, and is a two-story, rectangular stuccoed frame building. It is faced on all sides by double galleries. The main hotel building, known as Virginia House, was built between 1873 and 1876. It is a four-story, stuccoed frame, H-shaped building measuring 100 feet by 165 feet and features a three-story verandah. The hotel contains 175 bedrooms. The remaining contributing resources are the three-story Pennsylvania House (1867), seven identical two-story, six-room, hipped roof cottages, and a small columned pavilion located next to the mineral springs.^[3]

Orkney Springs Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Orkney Springs Hotel, October 2010
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Location	VA 263, W of jct. with VA 610, Orkney Springs, Virginia
Coordinates	38°47′41″N 78°48′56″W
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1853 (1853)
NRHP reference No.	76002119[1]
VLR No.	085-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 22, 1976
Designated VLR	March 18, 1975[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1] It is currently owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, which operates it and several surrounding buildings as Shrine Mont, a retreat center which also contains the diocese's Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration.