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The Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Since 1832 when the original hotel was built on this site,
this 6,500-acre resort in West Virginia's Allegheny Mountains has lured celebrities,
presidents, and fashionable Southern society. It traces its origins to its
mineral springs, but over the decades it has greatly expanded its allure
from mineral-bath treatments to a vast array of recreational diversions,
among them tennis, golf, bowling, and falconry. The current white-pillared
hotel, a National Historic Landmark, stands in a serene mountain valley,
made all the more beautiful by the trees and shrubs landscapers introduced.
As a guest, you bed down in one of its 802 rooms and suites or 97 guest cottages
and estate houses, each of them striking for their Carlton Varney decor of
bold patterns and vivid colors.
Tennis Features
Pro Shop: 304-536-1110, x7179
The resort has an extraordinary history of tennis interest:
It had a grass court as long ago as the 1890s and such tennis legends as
Bill Tilden, Ellsworth Vines, and Bryan "Bitsy" Grant played there.
Recently, however, it did away with half of what had been an impressive—though
admittedly underutilized—complex of 20 courts. Nevertheless, of the
10 that remain 5 are indoors, which means that play year-round is an option.
Tennis Programs. The Greenbrier offers a daily roster of
stroke and drill clinics and cardio tennis. During the summer he adds junior
tennis programs as well.
Reservations:
Greenbrier
300 W. Main St.
White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986-2498
304-536-1110
Toll-free: 800-624-6070
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