Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 151; Hotel History: The Grove Park Inn (1913)* &  The Biltmore Estate

Stanley Turkel, CMHS | November 2, 2015

By Stanley Turkel, CMHS 1. Hotel History: The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, Asheville, North Carolina The Grove Park Inn is one of the country's most celebrated resorts located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, North Carolina. It was built by Edwin Wiley Grove (1850-1927), owner of the Paris Medicine Company, manufacturer of Bromo-Quinine and Tasteless Chill Tonic. In the late 1890s, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic sold more bottles than Coca-Cola. Edwin Grove's doctors sent him to Asheville, North Carolina to determine if the climate would help reduce or cure his bouts with extreme hiccups, which would last several weeks at a...