Greenbrier (Hotel)

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The Greenbrier
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
Historic District
Exterior view of the hotel (2008)

Exterior view of the hotel (2008)

Greenbrier (Hotel) (West Virginia)
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location White Sulfur Springs (West Virginia) , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Coordinates 37 ° 47 '7.4 "  N , 80 ° 18' 29.9"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 47 '7.4 "  N , 80 ° 18' 29.9"  W.
Built 1963
NRHP number 74002000
Data
The NRHP added October 9, 1974
Declared as an  NHL June 21, 1990

Greenbrier or Greenbrier Resort is a four-star hotel in the town of White Sulfur Springs in Greenbrier County , West Virginia , which hid a top-secret government bunker on two floors from 1961 to 1991.

history

Rear view

The hotel was built in 1778 and was long owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and its successor, the CSX Corporation . 26 US presidents and foreign heads of state have stayed in the hotel's presidential suite. In 1959, an above-ground building wing and underground bunkers were added to the hotel , which are 6 to 18 m deep below the hotel and extend over 220 m. They should serve as a retreat for Congress in the event of a nuclear war , parts of which can now be visited by tourists. The Greenbrier was a five-star hotel until 2000, although the fifth star has since been revoked by the Mobil Travel Guide and has not yet been regained. In 2009 the bankrupt hotel was sold to businessman Jim Justice .

Since October 1974 Greenbrier is listed as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places . In June 1990 the hotel was granted National Historic Landmark status.

Bunker complex

Data on the bunker complex:

  • Area: 3,200 m²
  • Rooms: 153
  • Persons: 1,100 (18 accommodation areas with 60 beds each)
  • 150,000 liters of diesel
  • 270,000 liters of drinking water
  • 400-man canteen, operating room, waste incinerator / crematorium
  • Communication center with telephone exchange and television studio
  • Construction time: 1958–1961
  • Construction costs: approximately $ 10 million
  • Code name: Greek Island

See also

Web links

Commons : The Greenbrier  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hotel website , accessed March 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ The Greenbrier's Bunker History , accessed November 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ West Virginia Businessman Buys The Greenbrier. The State Journal, Charleston, WV, May 7, 2009, accessed March 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ Greenbrier, The on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed March 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: West Virginia. National Park Service , accessed March 12, 2020.
  6. ↑ geschichtsspuren.de: Greenbrier - alternative seat of the US Senate and House of Representatives , accessed on October 7, 2014