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Category Archives: Asheville History

Grove's Longest Lasting Tonic: The Grove Park Inn

Grove Park Inn - Asheville NC

Grove Park Inn

The Grove Park Inn began as a dream of restoration. Edwin Wiley Grove owned a pharmaceutical company and made a fortune on his

Asheville's Historic Battery Park Hotel

Battery Park Hotel - Asheville NC

Battery Park Hotel

Colonel Franklin Coxe, one of the major investors in the railway of 1886, purchased the highest hill in Asheville to be the site of The Battery Park Hotel. He commissioned Wagner to landscape and construct the regal hotel which would become renowned worldwide. Franklin Coxe