The Homestead Resort

An iconic luxury resort located within walking distance of Homestead Preserve.


The Homestead Resort is a National Historic Landmark founded in 1766.
Guests enjoy year-round activities and amenities,
world-class golf, access to the healing natural springs, gracious Southern hospitality and world-class accommodations.

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From the Blog

FIRST SNOW – OCTOBER 29th
Driving back from Charlottesville yesterday I heard all the talk of snow; 3–4 inches, 2–8 inches in the Highlands….. I preferred to think that...

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FIRST FROST
To have our frost as late as October 23rd is unusual. Those tired of cutting grass had to hang in a few weeks longer and gardens gave up bonus produce....

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THE SPRINGS

The Homestead Resort’s roots are the seven natural mineral springs in Hot Springs, in which generations found a soulful, healing haven. During the early 1700s, colonial explorers were drawn to the springs, including a young George Washington, and in 1764, Thomas Bullet and Andrew Lewis obtained a grant of 300 acres that included the seven mineral springs.

Bullet and Lewis later founded the recreational property that would become The Homestead Resort. Since the Resort’s founding, the healing waters have served as healthy comfort to countless thousands, including Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Mrs. Robert E. Lee.

The family behind the resort

The Ingalls family was instrumental in bringing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads to Virginia and largely responsible for making The Homestead the iconic resort it is today. In the 1890s, Melvin Ingalls of Cincinnati was one of several railroad executives who invested in The Homestead and surrounding acreage that later became Virginia Hot Springs Company. In 1922, his grandson, Fay Ingalls, Jr., became president of the Virginia Hot Springs Company and manager of operations of The Homestead Resort.

Thereafter, the guest list at the resort reads like a Who’s Who of illustrious Americans, including John D. Rockefeller, John Astor, Harvey Firestone, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford. Today KSL Capital Partners who purchased the property in 2006, continues the legacy of a sporting lifestyle and love of nature that has been an integral part of the resort's history.