SR 1211 1.6 mi. S of SR 1001, Catherine Lake, North Carolina. County/parish: Onslow.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 31, 1990. NRIS 89002349.
Part of Onslow County MPS (NRIS 64500370).
1 contributing site.
Alum Spring is a historic sulphur spring located at Catherine Lake, Onslow County, North Carolina. The spring was the site of the county poorhouse during the post-American Civil War period. After the poorhouse moved, the county-wide "Big August" picnic social gathering was held at Alum Spring until 1933.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718299