Heritage AR
Step Into History
Point your camera. Watch the past come alive.
Historic Properties
Golf Landmarks
What Is Heritage AR?
Look for a QR code posted at any location or landmark. Scan it — no app needed. Your camera opens and a historical photograph or video fades over what you're seeing right now. Slide the opacity to blend past and present. Tap any year to read the story behind it.
No app download
Works instantly in your phone browser — Safari or Chrome.
Photos & video
Historical photographs blended over your live camera view. Some locations include archival video footage.
Audio narration
Select locations include narrated stories you can listen to while you explore.
Save the view
Capture and save the blended past-meets-present image to your camera roll.
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The Greenbrier
240 Years of History
Old White TPC — 1st Tee
Stand at the first tee of one of America's most storied golf courses — and witness the day it became a river.
The Indoor Pool & Spa
The Greenbrier's renowned spa and pool trace back to the sulphur springs that made this resort famous — visited by George Washington in 1784.
The Springhouse
The original sulphur spring — the reason all of this exists. Guests have gathered around this dome since 1835.
White Sulphur Springs
June 23, 2016 — The Day Howard's Creek Rose 20 Feet
Big Draft Road
Stand where Howard's Creek turned a quiet residential street into a raging river in under an hour. This footage was captured just blocks from here on the night of June 23, 2016.
Main Street
Downtown White Sulphur Springs bore the full force of the flood. News crews from across the state descended on this street to broadcast what they called 'ground zero' of the disaster.
Town Center
A community member's video filmed downtown White Sulphur Springs went viral in June 2016 — shared millions of times as the world watched a small American town disappear underwater.
Howard's Creek Bridge
Howard's Creek is peaceful today. In June 2016, it wasn't. Filmmaker Dan Thorn returned to this bridge one year later to document what the community rebuilt — and what was still missing.
Recovery Staging Area
Within 24 hours of the flood, the West Virginia National Guard arrived in White Sulphur Springs. What you see here is the largest peacetime recovery operation in the state's recent history.
The Day It Happened
National news crews captured the 24 hours that redefined this community. This is the raw broadcast footage — unedited — from June 23 and 24, 2016.
The Greenbrier Opens Its Doors
Three miles away, The Greenbrier Resort made an extraordinary decision: open the five-star hotel to flood victims free of charge. Hundreds of displaced families slept in rooms that had hosted presidents.