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Grove Park Inn Photograph Collection
1913  -


"Grove Park Inn Construction", [A 57], Grove Park Inn Photograph Collection, [CL01.AC.16], D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA

Title Grove Park Inn Photograph Collection
Creator The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28804
Alt. Creator Fred L. Seely
Alt. Creator George Masa [Photographer]
Alt. Creator Herbert W. Pelton [Photographer]
Alt. Creator John B. Robinson [Photographer]
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, N.C. ; 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 comprised of photographs of the construction of the Grove Park Inn largely taken by John B. Robinson, photographer and now contained in a series of albums assembled by the Inn.  This series of photographs records 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. 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 
Identifier gpi0001-gpi0225
Source P2005.9.1 ; Virtual collection ; Original material located at the The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa.
Language en=English
Relation E.M. Ball Collection , UNCA ; The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa,  290 Macon Avenue,  Asheville, NC 28804 ; Biltmore Industries Archive, Grovewood Gallery, Inc. and UNCA ; Grove Park Inn Plan and Comments, part of Biltmore Industries Archive, Grovewood Gallery, Inc. and UNCA ; Grove Park Inn Letters, part of Biltmore Industries Archive, Grovewood Gallery, Inc. and UNCA Spec Coll ; Bruce Johnson, Built for the ages : a history of the Grove Park Inn, Grove Park Inn and Country Club, 1991 ;  The Book of Mottos From the Grove Park Inn, , introduction by Bruce Johnson, Berkeley, Calif.: Arts and Crafts Press, 1996: UNCA Spec Coll ; Souvenir folder of Grove Park Inn and vicinity, Asheville, N.C , UNCA Spec Coll ; The mystery of George Masa [videorecording] / a Bonesteel Films production ; produced and directed by Paul Bonesteel , UNCA video cassette ; Fred L. Seely Oral History [restricted use] ; Bob Archibald, A Short History of the Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference: a journey to tarts & crafts heaven, Berkeley: Arts and Crafts Press 1987 ; Grove Park Inn : finest resort hotel in the world, Sunset Mountain, Asheville, N.C , UNCA Spec Coll ;  In the land of the sky : Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina, UNCA Spec Coll ;
Coverage 1912-1913 ; The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28804
Rights Restrictions apply.
Any display, publication, or public use must seek the permission of the The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa. Asheville, NC and the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa and creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.  
Donor Donor number
Acquisition 2005-12-20
Citation Grove Park Inn Collection (1913- ), D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804.
Any use of the materials in this collection must cite the The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa,  290 Macon Avenue,  Asheville, NC 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
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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