1799 – 1819 ~ Decline & Revival
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1802 — Bath receives postal name of Berkeley Springs. Continues today. 1809 — Baltimorean Charles Velde proposes healt spa related improvements at Berkeley Springs. Bath Trustees ignore them. 1811 — Gambler Robert Bailey opens hotels, operates gambling and revives Berkeley Springs as a fashionable resort. He leads its rebuilding. 1812 — War fills Berkeley Springs with fashionable escapees from British danger. 1815 — Roman Bath House and Gentlemens’ Spring House built. Both in use today. |