Built for the ages
a history of the Grove Park Inn
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Publication
1991 - Grove Park Inn and Country Club, Asheville, N.C. (290 Macon Ave., Asheville 28804), North Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
26,500 words, Guess
Page Count
106 pages
Identifiers
- LibraryThing1261082
- Library of Congress Control Number91071524
- OCLC Control Number25820780
- Open LibraryOL1573926M
Classifications
- DDC647.94756/8801
- LCCTX941.G77 J65 1991
Description
When the Grove Park Inn opened in the summer of 1913, newspapers across the country christened it "the finest resort hotel in the world." Through the efforts of its owner, Edwin W. Grove, and its architect, Fred L. Seely, the Grove Park Inn drew the rich and famous to Asheville, North Carolina, where they basked in the panoramic views and soothing climate of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the resort's early years, the Grove Park Inn served as a summer retreat for Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover and also welcomed such noted personalities as Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, Will Rogers, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. After struggling through the Great Depression and serving the nation during World War II, when the United States government used it as a relocation Center for Axis diplomats, the Grove Park Inn teetered on the brink of obscurity. In 1955 the Texas businessman Charles A. Sammons purchased the 42-year-old hotel and instituted a restoration and expansion program designed to both preserve the aura of the grand old inn and accommodate future generations of guests. When the Grove Park Inn celebrated its 75th birthday in 1988, it had risen once again to join the ranks of the finest resort hotels in the country. In doing so, the in fulfilled the prophecy of William Jennings Bryan, who, at the hotels opening on July 12, 1913, declared that the Grove Park Inn was "built for the ages." - Jacket flap.
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