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This lovingly restored Charleston plantation home is a part of Summerville and Charleston, SC history. The Inn's current ambiance is a culmination of the vision and talents of the residents, proprietors and Innkeepers for over 100 years. Pennsylvania Railroad Baron, Robert W. Parsons, first bought the Woodlands estate's 100 acres just outside Charleston's Town Square in 1906. Summerville had become a preferred retreat for the Northern elite during winter months. Mr. Parsons proceeded to commission the construct of a Neo-Georgian style home as his family’s winter retreat, naming it Woodlands. After enjoying this fine Southern property for over 30 years, the Parsons family sold the property to Mr. Alan White in 1939. During World War II, Mr. Alan White, a respected American botanist and internationally known chess expert, would invite U.S. servicemen to lavish parties on his estate. Mr. White felt it was his patriotic duty to entertain them and invited Debutantes from Summerville and Charleston to the well-chaperoned events. Guests were invited to play tennis, dance, sing, and roller skate throughout the rooms, halls and grounds of his great southern mansion. Mr. White also offered Woodlands as hospice for his ailing sister May, as Summerville, SC which had been a identified as one of the two best places in the world to recover from pulmonary disease at a medical convention in Paris in 1888. Mrs. Ruth Gadsden, a prominent member of Summerville society, would be bequeathed the property upon Mr. White’s death in the1950's. where she lived out the remainder of her life. In 1986 Mr. & Mrs. Deborah and Antonio Diz opened the estate after extensive loving restoration as Gadsden Manor Inn. This Summerville SC Inn closed in 1989 and fell from public view for a time.In 1993 Mr. Joe Whitmore, of New York and Martha’s Vineyard purchased the Inn which then underwent 18 months of restoration and reconstruction. Mr. David Eskell-Briggs was commissioned for the interior design for this historic property. A noted furniture and interior designer out of New York, his English heritage, India and Jamaica travels were reflected in the hotel's decor as it reopened in 1995 as Woodlands Inn, a luxury hotel with a fine dining room.2006, Ms. Sheila C. Johnson CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC based in Middleburg, Virginia, purchased Woodland Inn. Ms. Johnson has since worked painstakingly to refurbish and refresh each of the hotel's guest rooms and common guest areas, while adding the modern amenities today's discerning travelers expect in a luxury hotel. A casual dining area called Pines was also added, adjacent to The Main Dining Room, both featuring the Award Winning creations of the chef and culinary team.Woodlands Inn is now one of the most acclaimed, award-winning hotel and restaurant destinations in the United States.
This lovingly restored Charleston plantation home is a part of Summerville and Charleston, SC history. The Inn's current ambiance is a culmination of the vision and talents of the residents, proprietors and Innkeepers for over 100 years. Pennsylvania Railroad Baron, Robert W. Parsons, first bought the Woodlands estate's 100 acres just outside Charleston's Town Square in 1906. Summerville had become a preferred retreat for the Northern elite during winter months. Mr. Parsons proceeded to commission the construct of a Neo-Georgian style home as his family’s winter retreat, naming it Woodlands. After enjoying this fine Southern property for over 30 years, the Parsons family sold the property to Mr. Alan White in 1939. During World War II, Mr. Alan White, a respected American botanist and internationally known chess expert, would invite U.S. servicemen to lavish parties on his estate. Mr. White felt it was his patriotic duty to entertain them and invited Debutantes from Summerville and Charleston to the well-chaperoned events. Guests were invited to play tennis, dance, sing, and roller skate throughout the rooms, halls and grounds of his great southern mansion. Mr. White also offered Woodlands as hospice for his ailing sister May, as Summerville, SC which had been a identified as one of the two best places in the world to recover from pulmonary disease at a medical convention in Paris in 1888. Mrs. Ruth Gadsden, a prominent member of Summerville society, would be bequeathed the property upon Mr. White’s death in the1950's. where she lived out the remainder of her life. In 1986 Mr. & Mrs. Deborah and Antonio Diz opened the estate after extensive loving restoration as Gadsden Manor Inn. This Summerville SC Inn closed in 1989 and fell from public view for a time.In 1993 Mr. Joe Whitmore, of New York and Martha’s Vineyard purchased the Inn which then underwent 18 months of restoration and reconstruction. Mr. David Eskell-Briggs was commissioned for the interior design for this historic property. A noted furniture and interior designer out of New York, his English heritage, India and Jamaica travels were reflected in the hotel's decor as it reopened in 1995 as Woodlands Inn, a luxury hotel with a fine dining room.2006, Ms. Sheila C. Johnson CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC based in Middleburg, Virginia, purchased Woodland Inn. Ms. Johnson has since worked painstakingly to refurbish and refresh each of the hotel's guest rooms and common guest areas, while adding the modern amenities today's discerning travelers expect in a luxury hotel. A casual dining area called Pines was also added, adjacent to The Main Dining Room, both featuring the Award Winning creations of the chef and culinary team.Woodlands Inn is now one of the most acclaimed, award-winning hotel and restaurant destinations in the United States.
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