Record #:

26923

Author(s):

Turk, John

Abstract:

Joseph M. Gazzam built the Kenilworth Inn in 1890, following a tourist boom in Asheville due to the completion of the Western North Carolina Railroad 10 years prior. The hotel featured a number of amenities and had a prime location overlooking the Swannanoa River. Unfortunately, in April 1909, the hotel burnt to the ground, but in 1923, it was rebuilt and reopened as a resort hotel.

Source:

The Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 12 Issue 11, November 2015, p98, il

Subject(s):

Buncombe County--History; Western North Carolina Railroad; Tourism--North Carolina, Western