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The Omni Grove Park Inn and Spa
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The Omni Grove Park Inn and Spa
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Blue Ridge Mountains, Asherville, North Carolina
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About The Omni Grove Park Inn and Spa
It is a historic resort and spa, which has been in use for over a century in the Blue Ridge mountains. The hotel has hosted many notable personalities over the years. The hotel is an example of the arts and crafts style.
Some Lesser Known Facts About The Omni Grove Park Inn and Spa
- The Inn took about a year to build, with native granite taken from Grove's surrounding properties. The construction required a crew of 400 workers and 20 Italian stonemasons working for 10 hours a day.
- It was inaugurated on July 12, 1913 where the U.S. secretary of state, Willam Jennings Bryan delivered an official address.
- The guests are provided with a 18 hole golf course, on the hill below. Other services include an indoor pool, spa, sauna, an on-site restaurant, a lounge, bar and a sports complex as well. History tours are also provided.
- The main attraction and the most talked about aspect of the hotel, besides it being haunted, is the $44 million, 40,000 sq. ft. subterranean spa.
- Musicians, lecturers and vocalists performed regularly in the great hall. The Inn has hosted names like President FrankelinD. Roosevelt, Helen Keller, F.Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald, Anthony Hopkins, Margaret Michelle, Herbert Hoover, etc.
- The hotel was built by Edwin Wiley Grove in 1913. Edwin was a soda-pop heir from Tennessee. In 1955, texas businessman, Charles A. Sammons bought the hotel, as it was suffering from incompetent management.
- The grove Inn has a reputation for being haunted by a certain "pink lady". It is speculated that she is the ghost of a woman who fell to her death in 1920. People have reported a "presence" inside the hotel.
- The name "pink lady" apparently came from a "pink mist" that has been seen to flow in the hallways of the hotel. It is often said that the spirit is gentle.
- Now, this spirit is often associated with room 545, where, according to the employees, she fell to her death from the balcony of the room; They've also claimed to feeling a cold "presence" in the room. It is in the dead of the winter in early morning and late at night, when people have reported her presence or an interaction with the spirit.
- It may be said that the pink lady is a resident and that too a much loved resient of the Inn. She has been said to be seen by the beds of children, and has a reputation for being kind and gentle.
- The Inn took about a year to build, with native granite taken from Grove's surrounding properties. The construction required a crew of 400 workers and 20 Italian stonemasons working for 10 hours a day.
- Now, this spirit is often associated with room 545, where, according to the employees, she fell to her death from the balcony of the room; They've also claimed to feeling a cold "presence" in the room. It is in the dead of the winter in early morning and late at night, when people have reported her presence or an interaction with the spirit.
- The Inn took about a year to build, with native granite taken from Grove's surrounding properties. The construction required a crew of 400 workers and 20 Italian stonemasons working for 10 hours a day.
- Now, this spirit is often associated with room 545, where, according to the employees, she fell to her death from the balcony of the room; They've also claimed to feeling a cold "presence" in the room. It is in the dead of the winter in early morning and late at night, when people have reported her presence or an interaction with the spirit.
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