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The popularity and reputation of the Dr. Anderson ’ s treatments grew throughout the early 19th Century and by 1809, there were three buildings on the site, including The Stone House, Crockford and a precursor to the Evitt House.
According to a travelogue by Joshua Galpin in 1809, these buildings included a “ large frame lodging house and several smaller ones for families – warm and cold baths and a billiard room .” In 1824, Bedford Springs was hailed as the “ Montpelier of America ” in a column in the July edition of the National Gazette & Library Register, which noted with praise the waters, accommodations, activities, food and wine.
The popularity of the resort benefited from the emphasis on outdoor life in the mid-nineteenth century as east coast American cities became increasingly industrialized and polluted, and from the establishment of stops in Bedford for the B & O and Pennsylvania Railroads beginning in 1872, providing easy accessibility from cities such as Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, and New York.

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