The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, turns 100 on July 12.
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The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, turns 100 on July 12.
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Granite boulders used to build the hotel were hauled using only mules, wagons and ropes.
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Granite boulders used to build the hotel were hauled using only mules, wagons and ropes.
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The Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris became a place to see and be seen shortly after opening on April 20, 1913.
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The Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris became a place to see and be seen shortly after opening on April 20, 1913.
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The Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware, was conceived by a pair of DuPont executives as a place for people to stay while visiting their Brandywine Valley headquarters.
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The Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware, was conceived by a pair of DuPont executives as a place for people to stay while visiting their Brandywine Valley headquarters.
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The hotel's elegant Gold Ballroom is used to host today's lavish affairs.
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The hotel's elegant Gold Ballroom is used to host today's lavish affairs.
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The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, reaches its centennial in December.
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The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, reaches its centennial in December.
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This shot of the hotel's roof under construction was taken by Winnipeg photographer L.B. Foote in 1913.
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This shot of the hotel's roof under construction was taken by Winnipeg photographer L.B. Foote in 1913.
University of Manitoba Press
The Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon, opened March 5, 1913.
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The Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon, opened March 5, 1913.
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Back in the day, guests of the hotel were greeted each morning with a complimentary cup of hot clam nectar.
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Back in the day, guests of the hotel were greeted each morning with a complimentary cup of hot clam nectar.
Courtesy The Benson Hotel, A Coast Hotel
Moscow's Hotel Savoy was designed as a haven for aristocrats visiting from Saint Petersburg and beyond.
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Moscow's Hotel Savoy was designed as a haven for aristocrats visiting from Saint Petersburg and beyond.
Courtesy Hotel Savoy Moscow
The Savoy is just steps from top sights like the Kremlin, the Bolshoi and St. Basil's Cathedral.
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The Savoy is just steps from top sights like the Kremlin, the Bolshoi and St. Basil's Cathedral.
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Gstaad Palace in Switzerland has been hosting visitors to this fashionable winter retreat since December 8, 1913.
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Gstaad Palace in Switzerland has been hosting visitors to this fashionable winter retreat since December 8, 1913.
Courtesy Gstaad Palace
The family-run hotel is lovely in summertime, too.
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The family-run hotel is lovely in summertime, too.
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The Grande Colonial in La Jolla, California, had a modest start as the Colonial Apartments and Hotel in 1913.
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The Grande Colonial in La Jolla, California, had a modest start as the Colonial Apartments and Hotel in 1913.
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The original building was moved and a new, bigger building opened in the late 1920s.
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The original building was moved and a new, bigger building opened in the late 1920s.
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The Grande Colonial has been updated many times in its 100 years.
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The Grande Colonial has been updated many times in its 100 years.
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