1600s
The Sulphur Springs were carefully guarded by the Catawba Indians, who gathered there annually.

1735
Property was originally in the Littler grant to John Littler and Thomas Rees for 1735 acres - the Yorkshireman's Branch farm, afterward Red Bud.

1762
Jeremiah Wood purchased the property from the Proprietor's Office of Northern Neck (Thomas Lord Fairfax) - 377 acres.

1763 - 1832
The property changed five owners

1832
Branch Jordan purchased the property.

1843
The first brick house was built as a hotel - the original White Sulphur Resort, by the owner Branch Jordan, with the bathhouse, and several cottages.

1855 - 1861
The second brick building was built and operated it as a second larger hotel.

1861
Branch Jordan died. His nephew, Edwin C. Jordan inherited the property at the outbreak of the Civil War.

1861 - 1865
Hotel operations stopped during the Civil War, both hotels were used as hospitals for both sides, depending on which side held Winchester.

1869
Jordan Springs reached a peak of brilliancy never before equaled in antebellum days. It was during this streak of prosperity that Jordan Springs saw many of the famous statesmen and soldiers who sought its comfort as well as its healthy environment.

1890
Edwin C. Jordan died and his son, Claredon, inherited the Springs.

1894
Claredon Jordan built the third hotel, but Jordan Springs began to decline as a resort.

1905
Clarendon Jordan sold the property to his brother-in-law, Col. Henry H. Baker, who had married Clarendon's sister, Miss Belle Eubank Jordan. Col. Baker did not operate the Springs but leased it until the old resort finally closed.

1916
The resort ceased functioning.

1916-1942
Several owners tried in vain to reopen it after 1916.

1942
W.H.M. Stover of Washington purchased the property, and in 1949 made repairs on it.

1949-1950
The hotel began to regain some popularity even though operated on a limited basis. Many people in the Valley patronized its camping grounds, picnic facilities, baseball diamonds, and swimming pool.

1951
The Franklin Foundation of Philadelphia chose Jordan Springs as the site for its school to train imported Iron Curtain students to fight against Communism in their respective countries. The Franklin Foundation leased the property from Mr. Stover, but after 18 months of operation, they closed the school because they could get no student from behind the Iron Curtain.

1954
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity purchased the property.

1972
The property was leased to Shalom et Benedictus for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for young people.

1999
Rehabilitation Center closed.

2002
Greig D. W. Aitken and Tonie M. Wallace purchased the property from the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity. Since then, Historic Jordan Springs has served as the corporate offices of County Court Reporters, Inc., Court Reporting Consultants, and Advanced LEGAL Technologies, LLC. The facility is used as a technology and training center, complete with video conferencing.

From playground, resort to seminary, Jordan Springs has still retained its magnetic spirit. Last Century's governor or senator would have a double surprise if he visited the Springs today. He would see a chapel where the ballroom once stood. But he would also hear the whippoorwills, the gurgling brooks, the squirrels, the sulphur wells, the snake whisper, "Jordan Springs is an untouched sanctuary of nature".