dc.contributor.author	Bickel, Bartlett Ashford	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Katen, Brian F.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Emmons, Paul F.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Kagawa, Ronald M.	en
dc.contributor.department	Landscape Architecture	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:42:52Z	en
dc.date.adate	2007-01-08	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:42:52Z	en
dc.date.issued	2002-05-29	en
dc.date.rdate	2007-01-08	en
dc.date.sdate	2004-08-06	en
dc.description.abstract	Historic research into the Virginia Springs reveals a collection of vital interconnected seasonal communities centered on retreat from the unhealthy environs of the coast and devoted to resort in the mountains. Prior to the Civil War the Virginia Springs became renowned internationally as the summer home of the region's and the nation's elite. The collapse of the southern economy during and following the war meant the reorganization and often the failure of most of the Springs. A revival of sorts took place among the Virginia Springs during the late 19th century, consciously referencing the earlier "golden age." Many Springs found new life as schools, church camps, retirement homes and smaller hotels. Many simply left the scene altogether. Today little remains in the landscape to suggest the scale and vitality of many of these dynamic seasonal communities. And yet retreat to a wilderness setting remains appealing. Perhaps most compelling are the persistence of landscape qualities that contributed to their reputations as places of healing and retreat, namely the mountain air, the wild scenery and the healing waters. The Virginia Springs are in fact at an ideal location and represent ideal conditions for a new chapter in our own relationship with wild nature. Preservation efforts ought to focus on articulating such a relationship of building to landscape. While the scale of such a retreat might not equal that of its predecessors, a revived Virginia Spring, such as the Healing Springs of Bath County, can say much about how we find retreat in the 21st century.	en
dc.description.degree	Master of Landscape Architecture	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-08062004-113855	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08062004-113855/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34381	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	03BickelMLAThesisApplication.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	04BickelMLAThesisBackMatter.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	02BickelMLAThesisResearch.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	01BickelMLAThesisFrontMatter.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Appalachia	en
dc.subject	preservation	en
dc.subject	mineral spring spas	en
dc.subject	Bickel Thicket	en
dc.subject	cultural landscapes	en
dc.title	Mountain Air, Wild Scenery and Healing Waters: Elements of Retreat and the Revival of a Virginia Spring	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Landscape Architecture	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	masters	en
thesis.degree.name	Master of Landscape Architecture	en

Mountain Air, Wild Scenery and Healing Waters: Elements of Retreat and the Revival of a Virginia Spring

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