In the 1800's, thousands of people visited Saratoga Springs to drink the healing waters. In 1848, The Clarke and White Spring Water Company became the first to commercially bottle High Rock water after purchasing the spring and erecting a circular brick structure to protect the cone and bottle the water. To dispense water to visitors, dipper boys served customers drinks directly from the cone. In 1865, William McCaffery and Seymour Ainsworth purchased High Rock and constructed an ornate gothic pavilion crested with a golden eagle, completed in 1866 at a final cost of $6,000. The expense put them in debt and forced them to declare bankruptcy. In 1872, the spring and pavilion sold at auction for $16,000 to The Saratoga High Rock Spring Company, owned by William Fargo, who operated the spring and bottling plant until 1904, when he sold it to the final private owners, Barnes and Henry. By 1911, High Rock Spring had ceased to flow and remained dry until its re-drilling in May 2015.