Grove Park Inn Photographic Collection

Grove Park Inn Photographic Collection 1913 - 1930
"Grove Park Inn Construction", [A 57], Grove Park Inn Photographic Collection, [CL01.AC.16], "Grove Park Inn, under construction." photograph by Robinson [virtual collection, originals held by the Grove Park Inn] D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA
Title	Grove Park Inn Photographic Collection
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/finding aids/photo/grove_park_inn/default.htm
Creator	The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28804
Alt. Creators	Fred L. Seely
Alt. Creator	George Masa, Herbert W. Pelton, John B. Robinson, [Photographers]
Alt. Creator	D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections
Subject Keyword	Grove Park Inn ; Fred L. Seely ; F. L. Seely ; C. Morse ; C. W. Morse ; E. L. Potter ; William S. Kenney ; hotels ; construction ; travel and tourism ; Asheville, NC ; inns ;
Subject LCSH	Grove Park Inn (Asheville, NC) Grove Park Inn -- Correspondence Hotel Management -- Grove Park Inn -- History Resorts -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- History Seely, Fred L. Grove, E. W. Appalachian Mountains -- History
Description	The collection is a virtual collection. The photographs are in the collections of the Grove Park Inn. The images are largely construction photographs of the Grove Park Inn largely taken by John B. Robinson, a local photographer, and contained in a series of albums assembled by the Inn. The construction of the Inn and many of the associated buildings and landscape details that were added by the builders over a period of years, are included in the some 374 images in the collection. It is one of the most complete construction records for a building in the Asheville area and a visual history of construction practice just after the turn of the century.
Publisher	D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor	Jason Gardner
Alt. Contributor	Julie Powell
Alt. Contributor	Jay Boyd
Date	2005-12-20,
Type	Image ; text ; manuscript
Format	Digital files
Source	P2005.9.1 ; Virtual collection ; Original material located at the The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa.
Language	English
Coverage temporal	1912-1913
Coverage spatial	The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28804
Rights	Any display, publication, or public use must seek the permission of Special Collections at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Donor	Virtual collection
Acquisition	2005-12-20
Citation	Grove Park Inn Collection (1913- ), D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804.
Processed by	UNCA Special Collections staff, 2005-12-20 .
Last update	2005-12-20
History	The Inn was built in eleven months and 25 days from the time the first stone was laid until the day it was declared finished by the builder, E. W Grove and his architect, contractor and son-in-law, Fred L. Seely. It is reported that during construction, some 400 men were involved in the construction process. The Inn was built in five sections that join end-to-end, step terrace-like along the mountain ridge. Native uncut granite boulders quarried from Sunset Mountain form the wall surfaces and chimneys of the inn and the roof is topped with red sloping tile manufactured in Ohio. It appears as a magnificent lodge on Sunset Mountain, its organic form mimicking its natural surroundings.
Series	Photograph Album #1 - 225 images, not including duplicates.
	Photograph Album #2 - 63 images, not including duplicates.
	Photographs Album #3 - 86 images, not including duplicates.

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Grove Park Inn Photographic Collection 1913 - 1930

Grove Park Inn
Photographic Collection
1913 - 1930