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Pisgah Inn Cover Image Book

Pisgah Inn / Marci Spencer.

Spencer, Marci, (author.).

Summary:

"Around 1919, George Weston left New York to return to his boyhood home in the Arden-Fletcher area of Western North Carolina. The US government had recently established Pisgah National Forest by purchasing 80,000 acres from Edith, George Vanderbilt's widow; lands deserted by logging companies; and other tracts. While superintendent of farms at the Biltmore Estate, Weston had admired those mountainous landscapes. About two miles from Mount Pisgah and a mile from Vanderbilt's private Buck Spring Lodge, Weston constructed Pisgah Inn on property leased from the US Forest Service. Visitors came from across the country and around the world to stay and dine at Pisgah Inn. By the 1940s, the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway brought drastic changes across the narrow, isolated Pisgah ridgeline. Today, a more modern 1960s lodge welcomes guests to its grand views and preserves the history, charm, and natural setting of the original Pisgah Inn."--Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781467105033
  • ISBN: 1467105031
  • Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly), maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Pisgah National Forest -- 2. Buck Spring Lodge -- 3. Early years of Pisgah National Forest Inn -- 4. The Blue Ridge Parkway brings changes.

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Pisgah Inn (Canton, NC) > Pictorial works.
Hotels > North Carolina > Canton > History > Pictorial works.
Pisgah National Forest (N.C.) > Pictorial works.
Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)
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Illustrated works.

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