Grove Park Inn

Contributors:
John T. Corbin, stonemason and tile setter; G. W. McKibbin, architect and engineer; Oscar Mills, construction supervisor; Fred Seely, project manager and designer; Southern Ferro-Concrete Company
Dates:

1912-1913; 1921 (additions planned)

Location:
Asheville, Buncombe County
Street Address:

Macon Ave.

Status:

Standing

Type:

Commercial

Images Published In:

Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (1990).
Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (1999).
Bruce E. Johnson, Built for the Ages: A History of the Grove Park Inn (2004).
Bruce E. Johnson, “Built Without an Architect: Architectural Inspirations for the Grove Park Inn,” in Robert S. Brunk, ed., May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History and Cultures of Western North Carolina (1997).

Note:

John T. Corbin was one of many stonemasons involved in constructing the massive inn of local boulders.