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| A Victorian Bed & Breakfast |
| The Flat Rock Inn |
| Victorian Elegance in a country setting |
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| 1888 |
| Listed on the National Register of Historic Places |
| 2810 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, N.C. 28731 |
| Reservations: 1-800-266-3996 |
| Guest Phone: 1-828-696-3273 |
| Email: fribb@bellsouth.net |
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| History of the Inn |
| Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this lovely Victorian home was built in 1888 as a summer retreat by R. Withers Memminger. Mr. Memminger was a minister from Charleston, South Carolina, and a son of C.G. Memminger, the first Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States. Known locally as Five Oaks, the Inn served as a summer home until 1911 when Thomas Grimshawe purchased it. Mr. Grimshawe migrated to America from Lancaster, England, where his family had prospered in the coal industry. Thomas Grimshawe, along with his wife Elizabeth, occupied the home as a year-round residence until 1930. The home was then given to their only daughter, Greta Grimshawe King, and her husband Campbell King, Sr. as a wedding present. G reta and Campbell lived in the house until 1940 when they sold the property Over the next 45 years the home was used as a summer residence. Beginning in 1985, the home underwent major renovations. Purchased in December 1992 by Dennis and Sandi Page, Fl at Rock Inn opened its doors in May of 1993. |
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| Tour The Inn |
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The Flat Rock Inn is indeed like stepping back in time, but it carried the present comfortbly and compatibly. Located three miles from Hendersonville in the historic Village of Flat Rock, the Inn is surrounded by majestic hemlocks, tulip poplars, and Japanese maples. A large verandah surrounds the front and west end of the Inn. Here Guests are invited to take a leisurely respite in rocking chairs. Here too guests gather in the afternoon for refreshments and good conversation. On occasion a bocci ball game breaks out. |
| Entering the Inn, a parlor beckons guests to sit and read for a while. Down the main hall, guests find a vintage clock chiming out the time as it has for a hundred years. An antique quilt hangs on display, a testament to another era. |
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To the right, guests enter the large formal dining room. Pictures on the wall display the Grimshawe and King families. Adjacent to the dining room is the bulter's pantry, where guests help themselves to some gormet coffee or raid the guest refrigerator. |
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| Flat Rock Inn |
| Guest Rooms & Rates |
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| The Colonial Room |
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George didn't sleep here but he could have. The Colonial Room is a large two-room suite decorated in a Colonial motif. In the main suite room is a carved rice plantation queen-size bed complete with canopy. In the side room of the suite are two twin beds. A large bath comes with an antique dressing table, shower and separate antique tub. |
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| The Squire Room |
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The Squire Room is a large room in hunter green. This room is furnished with a queen sleigh bed. In a alcove of the room, behind lace curtains, sits a six-foot long claw-footed tub. A great place for a candlelit bubble bath. |
| The Victoria Room |
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Full of lace and Teddy Bears, the Victoria room is furnished with a queen-sized Freach Quarter bed. The private bath has a shower. A private porch makes for a great place to have that morning coffee or read a good book. |
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| The Sandburg Room |
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Since Flat Rock is the home of Carl Sandburg, the Poet and Nobel Laureare we have furnished his room as if here just there. |
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| Rate range is $85 to $145, double occupancy, depending on the time of year. $15 each additional person. Weekends usually but not always require a two-night booking. |
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| Area Attractions |
| We are located 3 miles south of Hendersonville in the historic Village of Flat Rock. The Inn has easy access to the following area attractions: |
| Biltmore Estates, Carl Sandburg National Historic Site |
| dthe Flat Rock Playhouse, the Blue Ridge Parkway, |
| Chimney Rock Park, the Historic Johnson Farm, |
| DuPont State Forest, the Folk Art Center, Pisgah |
| National Forest, Brevard Music Center, Cradle of |
| Foresty Interpretive Center |
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| Guest Services |
| Complimentary guest refrigerator stocked with colas, wine, juice, and plenty of ice cream. Help yourself when the urge hits. |
| Afternoon snacks on the veranda of various baked goods from Sandi's Neiman Chocolate cookies to walnut brownies. |
| For the active, hike a mountain trail 1/2 mile from the Inn or play a game of bocci ball. For those less challenged play a game of checkers, chess, Trival Pursuit or cards. For the real laid-back,relax on the veranda in an old rocking chair or read a book out in the hammock. |
| We will be happy to make dining reservations, lay out an itinerary, meet special dietary requirements or just be there if you need us. |
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| Email: fribb@bellsouth.net |
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