The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

10000 acres Of which are virgin forests.
The forest tract comprises Mr.. Wander
bits hunting preserves. "Pisgah Forest" "
which includes Mount Pisgah, one of the
On the summit of this storm-beaten
mountain Mr. Vanderbilt has established
a handsome hunting lodge, where he
spends much of his time while at Bilt-
more.
Asheville is a city of hotels-several of
them paiatisl in their appointments,
equipment, and service. The high stand
ard of their excellence is one Of the
notable features of the far-famed city.
In addition to the hotels proper. there
are, scores of superior private boarding
houses, and many charming cottages and
bungalows which may be leased.
1t seems almost bromidic to write that
Asheville has the finest resort hotel IN
the world" yet, concreteIy. without
equivocation or exaggeration. that is a
fact
The New Grove Park Inn Built for
the Ages.
The Grove Park Inn is absolutely
unique-unique in conception, in design.
in construction. in furnishing. in decora-
ton. and in equipment It is one of the
notable monumental structures of this
country. 1t was built, not for the pres
ent alone. but for ages yet to come. and
it probably will be an object of wonder
and admiration of generations yet un-
born.
Magnificent Autumn and Winter
Climate and Scenery.
Grove Park Inn was a conception Of
DR.. E. W. Grove. of st. Louis and it has
been carried TO completion by Mr.. F. L.
Seely. Its location. on the side of Sum
set Mountain. two miles and a half from
the center of AsheviIle. was made possi-
bic by DR. Groves acquisition of the
mountain and of hundreds of acres of
that part of the plateau now known as
Grove Park.
Convinced that AsheviIIe is one of the
most delightful autumn and winter re-
sort cities in the world-made so by
nature which gave it a mild and salu-
for outdoor pleasures denied in tho
North and west-as well as a charming
spot for summer sojourn. DIR. Grove de-
to erect a hotel that would be
compelling as an attraction to winter
travellers.
The observer who stands on the great
esplanade of the Inn and looks out over
the beautiful golf links of the Asheville
Country Club and beyond to the mighty
tumult of mountains which stretch away
in all directions until their submits fade
into the azure sky, can appreciate readily
why DIR. Grove selected this particular
spot of all others fer the location Of the
Inn, which is quite as unique among
the creations of man as the site is among
the creations Of nature. On the superb
golf course, which is one
Of the best in the United States and Is
a part of the hotel park, devotees of the
game play every day during the autumn
and winter: and the excellent roads
throughout the park and vicinity, leading
to the very summit Of Sunset Mountain,
make automobiling a continuous joy.
In preparing the site for the Inn, an
army of workmen literally cut away n
side of Sunset. Mountain. Incidentally.
this work afforded opportunity for the
of the handsome boulevard
approach to the hotel. This part of the
park was rearranged entirely, giant trees
we're repIanted and rare Towering shrubs
now are decorations of the ground.
On this site five distinct buildings were
erected. so connected as to form a whole
in its uniformity. The
architecture of the completed structure
contains suggestions Of the Gothic style
IS well as of the Spanish Renaissance.
1ut in its integrity IT is without distinctive
formal type Details OF the design. con-
furnishing, and equipment Of
he Inn were developed by Mr.. F. L.
Seely. artist, editor and publisher. a SON.
n-law of DIR. Grove. Mr.. Seeiy is not an
in the technical sense, but he
s man of ideas, and in its physical
phases the building is a monument to
MS unf1agging energy, application, skill. |
and genius.
The building is of REINFORCED concrete
faced entirely on the outside
with natural rocks and powders excavat-
ID from Sunset Mountain. These huge
'ocks, many of them weighing thousands |
If pounds. bear no chisel marks, but, |
ust as they were dug from the mountain. !