The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17
Bar Association in Visit To The
Grove Park Inn
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mented George w. Vanderbilt, whose
memory will be cherished in affec-
tomato regard by these people SO long
as the Blue Ridge endures. Then
came Mr.. B.. S. Rowland. of Provi-
dence, r. L., who gave ZeSt to Subur-
ban development and to urban and in
terurban electric railway building.
Grove and Seely Come.
Later Mr.. F.. w. Grove. of ST. Louis,
Mo. came. i nsearch of health, and SO
realized the alchemy of recuperatiOn
in daily traVersing the seQueStered
trails and imbibing the ozone Of fir
and balSam in the rarified air of these
mountains; and then, with a philan-
thrOpy surpassed by no chronicle of
the centuries, he in urn has lavished
here a fortune in purchasing and
beautifying vast areas OF mountain
and valley holdings. only, or chiefly,
that mankind may the more cOnVe-
niently avail themselves of amplifed
opportunity and intelligent facilities
for regaining health and enjoy all the
comforts and c~onveniences with which
art and genius might supplement the
bounty Of nature.
AS a coadjutOr in his great work Of
development Mr.. Grove enlisted the
cooperation and active personal SUI
perviSion Of his SOn-in-laW. Mr.. Fred
l.. Seely, and what they have done and
are doing for Asheville, in physical
improvements. and for the general
public in providing hotel accommodate
tons, convenient attractions, healthful
pastimes and ~pleaSurable features is
already recognized everywhere, as is
daily evidenced and emphasized by
the guest register of Grow Park Inn
the finest resort hotel in the world
designed and constructed by Mr.. Seely
Grove Park Inn.
Grove Park Inn is operated the year
round; is absolutely freprOOf-built OF
great boulders taken from Sunset
Mountain, at the foot of which it sits
full of rest. comfort and wholesome
ness. Its front avn is the hundred
and twenty acre e~ighteen-hole gol1
links of the Asheville Country Club
combined with sixty acres of lawn ano
a thousand acres of woods and noun
tains belonging to the hotel. And be
You'd the golf links, from the porches
Of the hotel one looks upon an ever
changing and inspiring vista of noun.
tain scenery lofty peaks fading ava
in the distance. the most enhancing
region and the most delightful eli
mate to be found in America.
Construction a Marvel.
The construction of Grove Park I'M
throughout is a marvel Of inventiv,
genius and artistic execution. All tn,
water uSou at the Inn is pumped sew
enteen miles, from the slopes of Noun
Mitchell, owe six thousand feet alti
, tude, and is uneXcelled for purity an
' ~sOftnesS. The watershed from which
] 1t comes is the highest mountain cas-
of the Rockies. The milk n cream
used here are exclusively from tn
noted herd Of Jerseys on the Vande
= biit estate.
The kitchen is a marvel of cOnVe
: nience and hygienic cleanliness no ex
|, celied, or even approached by that Q
the finest hotels in this country or Eu
rope. Its walls are of white glaze
tile the floors are Of white eramlC TIL
All dishes are boiled after each ser
@ vice. All refrigeration is artificial, &c
O not being used. No flies are to b
O found in the kitchen or anywhere
T the hotel and mosquitoes are ur
g known In the main section OF tn
n Inn there are siXty-four guest room
+ every one a double room and ever
one with private bath, and all othC
n sections of the building are in suit
of rooms with baths. All bed room
q connect and all walls between roOn
VI are double fireproOf walls with a
IS PAGES between, which render thel
,r nearly sOund proof.
W Furnishings Superb.
The furnishings of the hot