[11] With the increase in travel on the road west, the hotel and its springs stayed popular through the 1830s.

By 1839, with the opening of other hotels in the area, the popularity of Botetourt Springs ebbed and it was closed in 1839.

[12] In 1842, the property, including the buildings and 600 acres, was purchased by an agent for Valley Union Seminary, a Baptist organization.

[13] William Carver's spring house still stands on the property.

It was accessible by travelling nine miles on a turnpike that led from the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.