Built For The Ages

Hardcover by Bruce E. Johnson. Signed copy. A History of The Grove Park Inn. When the Grove Park Inn opened in the summer of 1913 a newspapers across the country christened "the finest resort hotel in the world." Through the efforts of its owner, Edwin W. Grove and it's architect Fred L. Seely, the Grove Park Inn drew the rich and the famous to Asheville, North Carolina where they've basked in the panoramic views and smoothing climate of the Blue Ridge Mountains. And it's 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 welcome such personalities as Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison,Will Rogers and John D. Rockefellow Jr. More detailed description on photos 2-9. Inside is in excellent condition dustcover has some minor wear. 128 pages. Published in 2004.