“We have pure air, common-sense, digestible food, quiet in the bedrooms at night, the finest orchestra outside of New York and Boston, a great organ, and an atmosphere where refined people and busy business men with their families find great cofort and a good time.” ~From the 1916 Maps and Road Book of Western North Carolina.”
For more information please see the following:
- Bruce E. Johnson, Built for the Ages: A History of the Grove Park Inn, 1991.
- “Built without an Architect: Architectural Inspirations for the Grove Park Inn,” in May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History and Cultures of Western North Carolina, ed. Robert S. Brunk, 1997.
Online Resources
- Grove Park Inn Website
- Grove Park Inn Photographic Collection at UNC-Asheville
- Grove Park Inn on Historic Hotels of America
Multimedia:
Grove Park Inn Digital Heritage Moment from Digital Heritage {dot} Org on Vimeo.
Grove Park Inn Interview from Digital Heritage {dot} Org on Vimeo.
