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The history of champaign springs
Champaign Springs
The Story behind the Water
The property of Champaign Springs, which is located in the Springfield, Ohio valley, has been owned for five generations.
Originally the property was developed as an amusement and aquatic park known as Lakewood Beach Park as well as Lakewood Swim and Athletic Club. This facility was a popular summer vacation destination for the entire family. In addition to swimming and aquatic activities, the Cabanas Club Ball Room of Lakewood featured performances of many of the most famous Big Bands from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Champaign Springs Circa 1809
David L. Conrad began working at Lakewood Beach in 1927. After returning from service in World War II, Conrad along with his father, the noted food nutritionist Dr. R. Dean Conrad, purchased Lakewood and further expanded the property to its present 63 acres. Ever the business visionaries, the Conrads noticed that visitors to Lakewood continually remarked about the pureness and exquisite taste of the spring water that fed the pools on the property. As early as 1949, they attempted, with the help of Gem City Cola of Dayton, Ohio, to bottle the spring water of Lakewood Beach. This brilliant business plan, however, proved to be too far ahead of its time.
After a very successful 57-year run as a family entertainment facility, the Conrad family decided to follow the dream of the family patriarch and sell to the public spring water with taste and purity that is second to none.
The result of Dr. R. Dean Conrad and David L. Conrad’s vision is the state-of-the-art water collection facility of Champaign Springs. Drink to Health!
Providing
Natural Artesian Mineral Spring Water
since 1927
Harvested in the heart of the Ohio Valley, you’ll discover our pure, pristine spring mineral water is invigorating, refreshing and “As Pure As The Midwest.”
Interested in Bottling our Water? Email Us
ABOUT US
The history of champaign springs
Champaign Springs
The Story behind the Water
The property of Champaign Springs, which is located in the Springfield, Ohio valley, has been owned for five generations.
Originally the property was developed as an amusement and aquatic park known as Lakewood Beach Park as well as Lakewood Swim and Athletic Club. This facility was a popular summer vacation destination for the entire family. In addition to swimming and aquatic activities, the Cabanas Club Ball Room of Lakewood featured performances of many of the most famous Big Bands from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Champaign Springs Circa 1809
David L. Conrad began working at Lakewood Beach in 1927. After returning from service in World War II, Conrad along with his father, the noted food nutritionist Dr. R. Dean Conrad, purchased Lakewood and further expanded the property to its present 63 acres. Ever the business visionaries, the Conrads noticed that visitors to Lakewood continually remarked about the pureness and exquisite taste of the spring water that fed the pools on the property. As early as 1949, they attempted, with the help of Gem City Cola of Dayton, Ohio, to bottle the spring water of Lakewood Beach. This brilliant business plan, however, proved to be too far ahead of its time.
After a very successful 57-year run as a family entertainment facility, the Conrad family decided to follow the dream of the family patriarch and sell to the public spring water with taste and purity that is second to none.
The result of Dr. R. Dean Conrad and David L. Conrad’s vision is the state-of-the-art water collection facility of Champaign Springs. Drink to Health!
Providing
Natural Artesian Mineral Spring Water
since 1927
Harvested in the heart of the Ohio Valley, you’ll discover our pure, pristine spring mineral water is invigorating, refreshing and
“As Pure As The Midwest.”