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WASHINGTON, October 1, 2013 – If only the old, new and middling granite stones in Asheville’s Omni Grove Park Inn could talk. A century of stories abound about U.S. presidents, celebrities and others, some who started married life at the inn, then celebrated anniversaries and later family milestones within.
There are tales about big business deals and conferences , which occur regularly at the inn. The design of the hotel epitomizes the Arts and Crafts era and has hosted nearly three decades of gatherings by antique dealers and collectors of those who embrace the genre.
The inn’s most “storied” guest is The Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald, who with his wife Zelda, are often credited with inventing the 1920’s Jazz Age. The pair were deep into their personal demons during the summers of 1935 and 1936 when Fitzgerald occupied rooms 441 and 443, drinking and brooding over his wife who was a patient in the local mental hospital.
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