Warm Springs Valley's recorded history starts in the late 1600s although Indians knew of it earlier. The valley is located in Bath County, Virginia. The Homestead was built in 1846 and went through a series of remodelings and expansions until it reached its present size. The resort at Warm Springs was established in the late 1700s and at one time was more popular than the Homestead at Hot Springs, Virginia. Because of its decline, most of the buildings at the Warm Springs resort were razed in 1925. Healing Springs was the third of the three major resorts in the Warm Springs Valley and the least developed.