Chick Springs

Chick Springs is a South Carolina historical marker in Greer vicinity, Greenville County, dedicated 1972.

Greenville County · dedicated 1972 · S.C. Sec. Rd. 23-38, ½ mi. SE of U.S. Hwy. 29, at entrance to Chick Springs Park, Greer vicinity

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Front: Dr. Burwell Chick opened a resort at these mineral springs in 1840. A spacious hotel and cottages accommodated a large number of summer guests. After Dr. Chick's death, the springs were operated by his sons Pettus and Reuben, and after 1857 by Franklin Talbird and John T. Henery, lowcountry developers. In the 1860s, the war ended the heyday of the resort. Reverse: After 1885, George Westmoreland began to reestablish the springs as a resort. In 1903, the Chick Springs Company was formed to sell water and maintain a hotel. From this time, J. A. Bull was principal developer. A military academy was located here 1916-17, and Steedly Clinic and Sanitarium 1919-32. An amusement park has been operated at Chick Springs since 1927.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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