Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 8

i I FIRST SECTION THE BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL VIRGINIA-TENNESSEE SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 1 1937 Martha Washington Inn Opens or Business at Abingdon CONGRATULATIONS by th AT ABINGDON HEIGHT OF PERFECTION IN ARCHES MR BARNHILL On The Opening of The IKflipXi figiiiilmji (iiTTf utsyv scattered liberally throughout the lower floors supplemented by high-bac-antique chairs the latter formerly the property of the college -The floors -are of oak resanded and highly polished Forty-five bedrooms of the inn all newly papered and otherwise renovated are ready for occupancy On the second and third floors of Preston Hall are 24' rooms with private baths and showers on one -floor of Manah Cooper Hall are nine rooms with baths and showers and on the third floo of Litchfield Hall are 12 rooms with running water the baths and lavatories located in the hill More Rooms Will Be Developed Property Developed and Will Be Operated by Barnhill Well Known Hotel Man BEAUTIFUL MARTHA WASHINGTON 'INN iVe were chosen to do all PLUMBING and HEATING anchor ICOISTOKER Twenty-eight more rooms with baths and showers will be opened in Manah Cooper Hall by August 15t and within another two months the will have available more than 100 rooms Of these sixty will have private baths and showers twelve or more will have connecting baths and the remainder will have water alone An additional fifty or more rooms will be opened from time to time as needed to accommodate guests Expected to prove one of the most popular spots on the entire premises is the big dining room on the lower floor of Litchfield Hall approached by Corridor from the mam building The room opened to the public yesterday has a seating capacity of 160 and more can be accommodated if necessary The tables are so arranged that the center of the room can easily be utilized for dancing Martha Washington Inn at Abingdon Va newest ana one the most beautiful hostelries in the South is now open for the reception of patrons and friends The Inn formerly the Martha Washington College property is managed by Barnhill known throughout the Appalachian region Mr Barnhill has been in the hotel business for many 5 ears ten as manager of Hotel Bristol Mr assistants include James Willoughby Joe Edmondson and Williams all of Abingdon clerks and Mrs Barnhill in charge of the kitchen and dining rooms The Inn proper consists of three buildings connected by spacious corridors The center building is Preston Hall built in 1832-34 by General Francis Preston to the east is Litchfield Hall and to the west Manah Cooper Hal added to the original after the property was taken over in 1860 by the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South to be converted into the college for young women Beauty Impresses The Visitor The entrance through a Colonial doorway pronounced by many the most beautiful in the South affords access to the mam hallway of the old Preston mansion Already struck by Its extenor beauty the visitor Is fur- Few men really enjoy firing furnace It's dirty drudgery at best-drudgery for man and even worse for a woman An Anchok Koi-stokei will do the job easier better and actually at lower cost a luxurious comfort and clean healthful dependable heat practical' even for bungalows ynd small homes Easily installed in any heating 1 plant Full information without obligation Work in remodeling this building Which adds another to a Urge list of Southwest larger contracts which has been executed by this concern during the past 48 years of successful contracting plumbing and heating service Attractive to visitors for nearly a hundred years has been the "Smoke Tree" located almost directly In front of the main building of Martha Washington Inn Dr Claude Curtis In hla "Three Quarters of a Century of Martha Washington published In 1928 wrote that William Campbell Preston brought the tree back from grave when he returned from a visit to Europe This colonial srch it regsrded by architects as of the most perfect tn the South It Is to the main building of Mirths Washington Inn at Abingdon Many architects have visited the property to make drawings of arch An A smaller dining room ideal for private parties club meetings conventions etc adjoins the mam room The windows of the larger are hung with Venetian blinds and green 1 drapes 'The big kitchen is one of the most modern in this section It was stocked yesterday with provisions' of every sort and its personnel is now in readiness to all comers A unique feature of the inn will be its convention hall now in ther impressed by his first view of the interior In the great hallway hangs a beautiful picture of Martha Washington in whose honor both the The ceilings of all rooms on the lower floor of Preston Hall are twenty leet high with windows running almost the entire length' These windows have Venetian blinds and red velour drapes which add to the generally pleasing effect Leather-upholstered lounge chairs in green and white are ANCHOR COAL STOKER graceful niche on the stairway landing To the right of the hallway is the office and a large parlor to the left three large parlors all finished in mahogany and old ivory Mirrqrg over the mantels in two of the parlors were donated to the college by the graduating class of 1928 Two other huge old mirrors face each other from the college and inn were named Nearby stands an old clock presented to the college by Mrs Sallie Floyd daughter of General Preston and wife of General John Floyd of Civil War fame later governor of Virginia Opposite the entrance la a magnificent Colonial stairway 1 of mahogany and old ivory woodwork which leads to the upper floors A email statue of General George Washington stands in a Plus low installation cost Call for our representative to make survey for cost of installation without (See Page Nine CoL Four) CONGRATULATIONS MR BARNHILL main hallway and office CONGRATULATIONS Is being installed in the MARTHA INN XISILWHITETOEMOUNTAIN MrrBarnhill On The Opening Of The Martha Washington Inn On the opening of your new modern up-to-date Hotel the Lying in the heart of the Southern Appalachians and "rising 5530 feet above sea level White Top Mountain offers scenery not surpassed anywhere in the South The Visitors to White Top Mountain will find ample accommodations in Cottages for the family or party groups as well as several comfortable rooms in the guest lodge Well cooked meals will be served upon order under the supervision of a capable home economist White Top invites you for vacationing for week-ends for entertaining wish ybu much success with your new modern up-to-date Hotel FRED'HAYES MARTHA VASIliriGTOIl UlII 1 We wish you much success in Abingdon' READYT017EAR STORE 14 16 Wall Street COX WHOLESALE CO WHITE TOP COMPANY Inc ABINGDON VAk Moore Street Bristol Va Plumbing and Heating Contractor 41 Washington St' Phone 478 Bristol Va i i dr If 4 6 i ft I I 4 I i CONGRATULATIONS MR BARNHILL On The Opening Of We Congratulate Mr Barnhill Martha Washington Inn I appreciate your confidence in me by selecting me to help beautify the by SANDING and RE-FIN- ISH1NG the floors HULSEY On Th Opening of (Floor Sanding Contractor) Phone 2005 Bristol Term ftiauMWi The Beautiful Martha Washington Inn Albgioa It proud of this beautiful Hotel and Summer Reeort CONGRATULATIONS To you Mr Barnhill on the opening of MARTHA HASH 111 GTON inn Farmers Exchange Bank Edmondson Electric Co To the many friends throughout this great section and elsewhere whose friendship and patronage I have enjoyed for the past ten years while operating Hotel Bristol I jvish to express my sincere appreciation ABINGDON VA Abingdon Virginia To my friends in Bristol who have contributed to such as I have I am deeply grateful BEST WISHES WE CONGRATULATE You Mr Barnhill To You To the people of Abingdon as a whole to the Abingdon Chamber of Commerce to Mayor Crabtree and the council of Abingdon and to the personal and business friends of Abingdon who have so generously welcomed me and assisted in the improvement of Martha Washington Inn I give my thanks MR BARNHILL On The Opening Of The BEAUTIFUL On The Opening of the BEAUTIFUL UP-TO-DATE Martha Washington 0 MM ARTIlATJASIliriGTOn In opening Martha Washington Inn under 25 years lease from the Trustees of Emory and Henry College whereby the College will partici- pate in the income received from the operations I do so with firm conviction that I will be operating the most unique Hotel in the United States and one -which challenges-myJnterest and ability-in ihe development-and operation of -a Commercial Tourist Resort and Convention Hotel second to none inn We wish you much success with your new modern up-to-date Hotel and Summer resort We Wish You Much Success I know that Martha Washington Inn will become the pride of the people of this entire section and I pledge my best efforts to that end We appreciate your confidence in selecting us to take cere of ell the tm work in remodeling this beautiful building- LIVE STOCK MARKET Abingdon Virginia -SPATES BARNHILL Regular Sale Each Thursday JVIfgCo Fifth Street -i Bristol Teon Starting promptly at 2:30 We always have plenty of buyers from tba Eastern Me Vets sw.