The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs/West Virginia
Saturday, 8 December 2012 - 01:23 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika General , Hotels
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The Greenbrier © Harry W. McCormack/cc-by-sa-3.0
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The Greenbrier is a Forbes four-star and
AAA Five Diamond Award winning
luxury resort located just outside the town of
White Sulphur Springs in
Greenbrier County ,
West Virginia .
For most of its history, the hotel was owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and its successors, including the CSX Corporation . Before its most recent purchase and sale, the hotel was operated by CSX Hotels, Inc. , a subsidiary of the CSX Corporation.Justice Family Group, LLC , a company owned by local entrepreneur Jim Justice, subsequently bought the property and guaranteed all debts, resulting in dismissal of the bankruptcy. Justice has promised to return the hotel to its former status as a five-star resort and to introduce “tasteful” gambling for guests as a revenue enhancer. The Greenbrier Hotel Corp. today operates as a subsidiary of Justice’s company.
New golf course, built on a former airport runway © Harry W. McCormack/cc-by-sa-3.0
The last U.S. President to stay at The Greenbrier during presidency was Dwight Eisenhower. A total of 26 Presidents, both former and current, have stayed at The Greenbrier. The
Presidents’ Cottage Museum is a two-story building with exhibits about these visits and the history of The Greenbrier. The building is open seasonally.
The Greenbrier is also the site of a massive underground bunker that was meant to serve as an emergency shelter for the United States Congress during the Cold War. It was code named “
Project Greek Island ” and Fritz Bugas was former on-site Superintendent. The bunker’s existence was not acknowledged until Ted Gup of the The Washington Post revealed it in a 1992 story; immediately after the Post story, the government decommissioned the bunker. The facility has since been renovated and is also used as a data storage facility for the private sector. It is featured as an attraction in which visitors can tour the now declassified facilities, known as
The Bunker .
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The Greenbrier and
Wikipedia The Greenbrier . Photos by Wikpedia Commons.
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