WestVirginia

Greenbrier Plans Casinos, Luxury Train

I came across an intriguing update on the Greenbrier hotel. The luxury hotel in West Virginia has had quite a tumultuous year but new owner Jim Justice some big plans for the resort. During an interview on "Decision Makers," a public affairs program on West Virginia Media television stations, he said that he wants to offer luxury train trips from Washington, D.C., to the Greenbrier. This is no quick jaunt, the trip takes five hours and 15 minutes but it would pass through some incredibly beautiful mountainous terrain and could heighten that feeling of stepping into another world that occurs when arriving at the Greenbrier.

Justice's plan is to create the "Greenbrier Express" which would be a a 210-passenger train with the luxuriously old-fashioned style of the resort. Passengers would board at Union Station in D.C. and once they arrived in Greenbrier County, they would be taken via horse-drawn carriage to the resort. Justice would like to use a passenger train which has the last steam engine manufactured in America and can hold up to 210 passengers.

He hopes to have the train up and running by next summer. He is also working on plans for a $25 million, 75,000-square-foot casino. The smaller Tavern Casino will open on October 1,and will offer table games, including blackjack, roulette and three card poker as well as slot machines. The Casino at The Greenbrier will open next April and have a Monte Carlo-style casino, as well as retail and dining areas in an underground complex. Champagne will be passed nightly at 8:00 p.m., offering a toast of luck to all guests.

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Richwood Hall, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

Today's estate is about as historic as you can get. Richwood Hall near Charles Town, West Virginia in on some of the land that once belonged to George Washington who gave to his brother, Samuel Washington. The Washington family kept it until 1802. During the Civil War, Confederate forces under the command of General Jubal A. Early fired from Richwood Hall at Union forces under Sheridan at Locust Hill.

The home is on 37 acres of horse country and includes woods and gardens as well as the original smokehouse, barns, tennis court, pool and a caretaker's cottage. The home has been enlarged in multiple segments over the last couple hundred years. The original home is anchored by a hearth which dates back to around 1750. The main house was built in 1825 and has a formal sitting room, dining room and a grand staircase. The current owner restored the original wings and then added a new modern wing in 2003 so that the home has modern features like an eat-in kitchen and a gym. It now has five bedrooms. This home is listed at $4.2 million.

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Gallery: Richwood Hall