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The Omni Homestead Resort

The Omni Homestead Resort is a luxury resort in Hot Springs, Virginia, United States, in the middle of the Allegheny Mountains. The area has the largest hot springs in the commonwealth, and the resort is also known for its championship golf courses, which have hosted several national tournaments. The resort also includes an alpine ski resort; founded in 1959, it is the oldest in Virginia. The resort has been designated a National Historic Landmark; it has a history extending more than two and a half centuries. The Omni Homestead Resort is a member of Historic Hotels of America[4] the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The Homestead
Front view of The Homestead Resort
LocationUS 220, Hot Springs, Virginia
Coordinates37°59′43.70″N 79°49′46.72″W / 37.9954722°N 79.8296444°W / 37.9954722; -79.8296444
Area2,300 acres (930 ha)
Built1892
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.84003494[1]
VLR No.008-0025
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1984
Designated NHLJuly 17, 1991[3]
Designated VLRMarch 20, 1984[2]

History edit

 
The Homestead in 1903
 
Old wing of the resort in 2016
 
Lobby of the resort in 2016

In 1766, Thomas Bullitt built a lodge on the site, which is considered the founding of The Homestead. In 1832, Dr. Thomas Goode purchased the land from the Bullitt family and expanded the medical therapies, establishing a European style of spa treatment and hydrotherapy. It has hosted vacationers ever since, including twenty-three U.S. presidents.

The modern resort dates from 1888–1892, when a group of investors headed by J. P. Morgan bought the business and started rebuilding it from the ground up. The original hotel buildings burned down in 1901, caused by a fire in the bakery. The main Homestead hotel was constructed afterwards, one wing a year, with the main lobby reconstructed in 1902.

Many American Presidents and influential people were Homestead guests. William Howard Taft spent July and August, 1908 at the Homestead, working and relaxing before the final campaign push, as did outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt, for a short period of time.[5] Other notable guests included cartoonist Carl E. Schultze of Foxy Grandpa fame.

From December 1941 until June 1942, following the United States' entry into World War II, the Homestead served as a high-end internment camp for 785 Japanese diplomats and their families until they could be exchanged through neutral channels for their American counterparts.[6][7] The diplomats were later transferred to the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia.[8]

In 1943, during World War II, The Homestead hosted an important conference of the United Nations in which was implemented the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organization.[9][10]

In 1993, The Homestead was purchased by Club Resorts, the same company which owned the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. In 2006, Club Resorts and its parent company ClubCorp, Inc. were acquired by a private-equity group led by KSL Capital Partners. KSL Resorts assumed management of The Homestead at this time. KSL sold the resort to Omni Hotels in 2013 and it was renamed The Omni Homestead Resort.[11] From October 2021 to October 2023, the entire resort underwent a complete renovation, costing over $150 million.[12]

It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991. Associated with The Homestead are the Homestead Dairy Barns, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

Golf edit

 
Cascades Course logo

The Homestead features two golf courses. The club is sometimes referred to as Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club. The area produced an 82-time winner on the PGA Tour in the late Sam Snead.

The Old Course started as a six-hole layout in 1892, and the first tee is the oldest in continuous use in the United States.[13] It was expanded to 18 holes by 1901, and Donald Ross redesigned it in 1913. The course has been modified at various times since, and the current course has six par 5s and six par 3s.

The Cascades Course is the most famous of the two, and is usually ranked among the top 100 U.S. courses by both Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine. The Cascades is the course used when hosting national tournaments, including seven United States Golf Association championships. It was designed by William S. Flynn (who was also a main architect for Shinnecock Hills), and opened in 1923.

There was formerly a third course, the Lower Cascades, which was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1963. It hosted qualifying rounds for the U.S. Amateur tournament. It was closed following the 2012 season.

Famed PGA Tour champion Sam Snead lived in or near Hot Springs all of his life, and served for decades as the Homestead's golf pro. Snead also holds the course record of 60, which he set in 1983 at the age of 71.

Tournaments edit

Recreation edit

The resort features a large (60,000 sq. ft.) spa area. There are also a number of formal and informal dining options available on premises.

Ski resort edit

The ski area at The Homestead was opened in 1959;[14] it is the oldest ski resort in Virginia.

The resort's main and only northwest-facing slope is serviced by three lifts, including a double chairlift which accesses the intermediate and advanced terrain at the top of the hill, and two surface lifts which serve the beginner terrain at the bottom and at the tubing hill. The chairlift has a mid-mountain drop-off station which accesses intermediate terrain. The resort offers a variety of other winter activities including snow tubing.

Statistics: edit

Elevation edit

  • Summit Elevation: 3,200 ft (980 m)
  • Base Elevation: 2,500 ft (760 m)
  • Vertical Rise: 700 feet (210 m)

Terrain edit

  • Skiable area: 40 acres (0.16 km2)
  • Runs: 10 total
    • 35% beginner
    • 55% intermediate
    • 10% advanced
  • Longest run: 4,200 feet (1,300 m)
  • Annual snowfall: 50 inches (1.3 m)

Resort capacity edit

  • Lift system: 3 lifts total
  • Uphill lift capacity: 1,143 skiers/hour
  • Snowmaking: 100% of trails

Ice skating rink edit

The resort originally featured an Olympic sized skating rink that closed when the Zamboni became unusable. In 2008, the Homestead built a new 30 X 20 foot ice skating rink in time for the 2008-2009 winter season. In 2013, the ice rink was relocated to Allegheny Springs, adjacent to the outdoor pool.

March 2009 shooting edit

On March 21, 2009 two resort employees were shot and killed in the hotel kitchen;[15] the community of Hot Springs was briefly locked down under code red procedures as a security precaution.[16] Authorities identified fellow employee Beacher Ferrel Hackney as a suspect in the killings.[17] The slayings were the first homicides in Bath County since 1983.[18] On September 2, 2012, Hackney's remains, clothing, some personal possessions, and pistol were found near the Homestead's Lower Cascades golf course.[19] The cause of death has not been determined.[20]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  3. ^ . National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 31, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
  4. ^ "Hotels in Hot Springs, Virginia | The Omni Homestead Resort | Historic Hotels of America". Historichotels.org. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  5. ^ D.K. Goodwin, The Bully Pulpit, pp. 547-548, 558
  6. ^ "The Homestead: A Great Hotel Entertains Jap Diplomats as a Patriotic Duty," Life Magazine, 1942-02-16, at p. 68.
  7. ^ "World War II Detention of Diplomats & Families". Montreat History Spotlight. Presbyterian Heritage Center at Montreat. 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  8. ^ Stewart, William H. (2012). "Diplomats, Disputes & Deceit World War II's First Exchange of Enemy Diplomats". Saipan Stewart. NCC Consulting. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  9. ^ United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture: Hot Springs, Virginia, May 18-June 3, 1943 : final act and section reports..
  10. ^ "The founding of FAO"..
  11. ^ facebook (June 12, 2013). "The Homestead acquired by Texas-based Omni Hotels - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Business & Economic News". Timesdispatch.com. Retrieved May 13, 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ https://www.hospitalitynet.org/announcement/41010184/the-omni-homestead-resort.html
  13. ^ [1] December 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Phillips, John (2001). Ski and Snowboard America - Mid-Atlantic: The Complete Guide to Downhill Skiing, Snowboarding, Cross Country Skiing, Snow Tubing, and More Throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-7627-0845-1.
  15. ^ "2 Workers Shot to Death at a Virginia Resort". The New York Times. March 22, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  16. ^ "News Release" (PDF). Bath Co. Sheriff's Office. March 21, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  17. ^ "Search continues for Bath County shooter". www.wdbj7.com. March 23, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  18. ^ Kunkle, Frederick (March 23, 2009). "Man Sought in Slayings of Homestead Resort Supervisors in Bath County, Virginia". The Washington Post. p. B01. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  19. ^ Oxendine, Margo (September 20, 2012). "3-year-old murder case closed". The Recorder. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  20. ^ Kaplan, David (September 18, 2012). "Cause of Beacher Hackney's death may never be determined". WDBJ7. Retrieved August 7, 2013.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Detailed look at the Cascades Course
  • "Taking the Waters: 19th Century Mineral Springs: Hot Springs." Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia

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The Omni Homestead Resort is a luxury resort in Hot Springs Virginia United States in the middle of the Allegheny Mountains The area has the largest hot springs in the commonwealth and the resort is also known for its championship golf courses which have hosted several national tournaments The resort also includes an alpine ski resort founded in 1959 it is the oldest in Virginia The resort has been designated a National Historic Landmark it has a history extending more than two and a half centuries The Omni Homestead Resort is a member of Historic Hotels of America 4 the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation The HomesteadU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S National Historic LandmarkVirginia Landmarks RegisterFront view of The Homestead ResortLocationUS 220 Hot Springs VirginiaCoordinates37 59 43 70 N 79 49 46 72 W 37 9954722 N 79 8296444 W 37 9954722 79 8296444Area2 300 acres 930 ha Built1892ArchitectMultipleArchitectural styleQueen Anne Greek Revival Colonial RevivalNRHP reference No 84003494 1 VLR No 008 0025Significant datesAdded to NRHPMay 3 1984Designated NHLJuly 17 1991 3 Designated VLRMarch 20 1984 2 Contents 1 History 2 Golf 2 1 Tournaments 3 Recreation 4 Ski resort 4 1 Statistics 4 1 1 Elevation 4 1 2 Terrain 4 1 3 Resort capacity 5 Ice skating rink 6 March 2009 shooting 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory edit nbsp The Homestead in 1903 nbsp Old wing of the resort in 2016 nbsp Lobby of the resort in 2016 In 1766 Thomas Bullitt built a lodge on the site which is considered the founding of The Homestead In 1832 Dr Thomas Goode purchased the land from the Bullitt family and expanded the medical therapies establishing a European style of spa treatment and hydrotherapy It has hosted vacationers ever since including twenty three U S presidents The modern resort dates from 1888 1892 when a group of investors headed by J P Morgan bought the business and started rebuilding it from the ground up The original hotel buildings burned down in 1901 caused by a fire in the bakery The main Homestead hotel was constructed afterwards one wing a year with the main lobby reconstructed in 1902 Many American Presidents and influential people were Homestead guests William Howard Taft spent July and August 1908 at the Homestead working and relaxing before the final campaign push as did outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt for a short period of time 5 Other notable guests included cartoonist Carl E Schultze of Foxy Grandpa fame From December 1941 until June 1942 following the United States entry into World War II the Homestead served as a high end internment camp for 785 Japanese diplomats and their families until they could be exchanged through neutral channels for their American counterparts 6 7 The diplomats were later transferred to the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia 8 In 1943 during World War II The Homestead hosted an important conference of the United Nations in which was implemented the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organization 9 10 In 1993 The Homestead was purchased by Club Resorts the same company which owned the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina In 2006 Club Resorts and its parent company ClubCorp Inc were acquired by a private equity group led by KSL Capital Partners KSL Resorts assumed management of The Homestead at this time KSL sold the resort to Omni Hotels in 2013 and it was renamed The Omni Homestead Resort 11 From October 2021 to October 2023 the entire resort underwent a complete renovation costing over 150 million 12 It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991 Associated with The Homestead are the Homestead Dairy Barns listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 1 Golf edit nbsp Cascades Course logo The Homestead features two golf courses The club is sometimes referred to as Virginia Hot Springs Golf amp Tennis Club The area produced an 82 time winner on the PGA Tour in the late Sam Snead The Old Course started as a six hole layout in 1892 and the first tee is the oldest in continuous use in the United States 13 It was expanded to 18 holes by 1901 and Donald Ross redesigned it in 1913 The course has been modified at various times since and the current course has six par 5s and six par 3s The Cascades Course is the most famous of the two and is usually ranked among the top 100 U S courses by both Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine The Cascades is the course used when hosting national tournaments including seven United States Golf Association championships It was designed by William S Flynn who was also a main architect for Shinnecock Hills and opened in 1923 There was formerly a third course the Lower Cascades which was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr in 1963 It hosted qualifying rounds for the U S Amateur tournament It was closed following the 2012 season Famed PGA Tour champion Sam Snead lived in or near Hot Springs all of his life and served for decades as the Homestead s golf pro Snead also holds the course record of 60 which he set in 1983 at the age of 71 Tournaments edit 1928 U S Women s Amateur won by Glenna Collett 1932 National Intercollegiate Championship won by Yale team and Johnny Fischer individual 1966 Curtis Cup won by the United States over Great Britain amp Ireland 13 5 1967 U S Women s Open won by Catherine Lacoste 1980 U S Senior Amateur won by William C Campbell 1988 U S Amateur won by Eric Meeks 1994 U S Women s Amateur won by Wendy Ward 1995 Merrill Lynch Shoot Out Championship Senior PGA Tour 1996 Merrill Lynch Shoot Out Championship Senior PGA Tour 2000 U S Mid Amateur won by Greg Puga 2004 NCAA Division I Men s Championship won by California team and Ryan Moore UNLV individual 2009 USGA Senior Women s Amateur ChampionshipRecreation editThe resort features a large 60 000 sq ft spa area There are also a number of formal and informal dining options available on premises Ski resort editThe ski area at The Homestead was opened in 1959 14 it is the oldest ski resort in Virginia The resort s main and only northwest facing slope is serviced by three lifts including a double chairlift which accesses the intermediate and advanced terrain at the top of the hill and two surface lifts which serve the beginner terrain at the bottom and at the tubing hill The chairlift has a mid mountain drop off station which accesses intermediate terrain The resort offers a variety of other winter activities including snow tubing Statistics edit Elevation edit Summit Elevation 3 200 ft 980 m Base Elevation 2 500 ft 760 m Vertical Rise 700 feet 210 m Terrain edit Skiable area 40 acres 0 16 km2 Runs 10 total 35 beginner 55 intermediate 10 advanced Longest run 4 200 feet 1 300 m Annual snowfall 50 inches 1 3 m Resort capacity edit Lift system 3 lifts total 1 double chairlift 1 rope tows I conveyor Uphill lift capacity 1 143 skiers hour Snowmaking 100 of trailsIce skating rink editThe resort originally featured an Olympic sized skating rink that closed when the Zamboni became unusable In 2008 the Homestead built a new 30 X 20 foot ice skating rink in time for the 2008 2009 winter season In 2013 the ice rink was relocated to Allegheny Springs adjacent to the outdoor pool March 2009 shooting editOn March 21 2009 two resort employees were shot and killed in the hotel kitchen 15 the community of Hot Springs was briefly locked down under code red procedures as a security precaution 16 Authorities identified fellow employee Beacher Ferrel Hackney as a suspect in the killings 17 The slayings were the first homicides in Bath County since 1983 18 On September 2 2012 Hackney s remains clothing some personal possessions and pistol were found near the Homestead s Lower Cascades golf course 19 The cause of death has not been determined 20 See also editList of Historic Hotels of America List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia National Register of Historic Places listings in Bath County VirginiaReferences edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 Virginia Landmarks Register Virginia Department of Historic Resources Retrieved May 12 2013 Homestead The National Historic Landmark summary listing National Park Service Archived from the original on December 31 2007 Retrieved June 26 2008 Hotels in Hot Springs Virginia The Omni Homestead Resort Historic Hotels of America Historichotels org Retrieved May 13 2014 D K Goodwin The Bully Pulpit pp 547 548 558 The Homestead A Great Hotel Entertains Jap Diplomats as a Patriotic Duty Life Magazine 1942 02 16 at p 68 World War II Detention of Diplomats amp Families Montreat History Spotlight Presbyterian Heritage Center at Montreat 2010 Retrieved July 10 2012 Stewart William H 2012 Diplomats Disputes amp Deceit World War II s First Exchange of Enemy Diplomats Saipan Stewart NCC Consulting Retrieved July 10 2012 United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture Hot Springs Virginia May 18 June 3 1943 final act and section reports The founding of FAO facebook June 12 2013 The Homestead acquired by Texas based Omni Hotels Richmond Times Dispatch Business amp Economic News Timesdispatch com Retrieved May 13 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a author has generic name help https www hospitalitynet org announcement 41010184 the omni homestead resort html 1 Archived December 18 2007 at the Wayback Machine Phillips John 2001 Ski and Snowboard America Mid Atlantic The Complete Guide to Downhill Skiing Snowboarding Cross Country Skiing Snow Tubing and More Throughout the Mid Atlantic Region Guilford Connecticut Globe Pequot Press p 178 ISBN 978 0 7627 0845 1 2 Workers Shot to Death at a Virginia Resort The New York Times March 22 2009 Retrieved March 23 2009 News Release PDF Bath Co Sheriff s Office March 21 2009 Retrieved March 23 2009 Search continues for Bath County shooter www wdbj7 com March 23 2009 Retrieved March 23 2009 Kunkle Frederick March 23 2009 Man Sought in Slayings of Homestead Resort Supervisors in Bath County Virginia The Washington Post p B01 Retrieved March 23 2009 Oxendine Margo September 20 2012 3 year old murder case closed The Recorder Retrieved August 7 2013 Kaplan David September 18 2012 Cause of Beacher Hackney s death may never be determined WDBJ7 Retrieved August 7 2013 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Homestead Hot Springs Virginia Official website Detailed look at the Cascades Course Taking the Waters 19th Century Mineral Springs Hot Springs Claude Moore Health Sciences Library University of Virginia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Omni Homestead Resort amp oldid 1181608421, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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