The official name of Webster's county seat is Addison, after Addison McLaughlin, who owned the townsite. At one time Addison, nestled in a deep valley, had aspirations of becoming a mineral spa, and the name of the post office, but not the town itself, was changed to Webster Springs. U.S. Senator Johnson N. Camden built a large hotel that boasted Russian and Turkish baths, but it burned in 1926 and was not rebuilt. A salt sulfur spring is now contained within a small pavilion on Court Square.
Writing Credits
If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.
SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.