The Nation’s Oldest First Tee

By |2023-01-25T16:48:52-05:00January 24th, 2023|Articles, Blog|

Old Course at The Omni Homestead Resort I love a good history lesson! While researching the two golf courses at The Homestead- The Old Course (1892) and The Cascades  (1924) - I learned the Old Course has the nation's oldest first tee in continuous use. It was a little geek-out golf moment to think we [...]

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The Leveque Hotel: A Beacon of Hospitality

By |2023-06-28T11:33:27-04:00January 24th, 2023|Articles|

The Leveque Tower has been a beacon of the Columbus skyline since 1927. This iconic Art Deco building was built by the American Insurance Company as an office building with 600 hotel rooms. The attached Palace Theatre remains one of the city's landmark show venues. Standing 555' 5" tall,  the tower was purposefully constructed five [...]

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The Homestead: America’s First Resort

By |2023-01-24T23:25:06-05:00January 24th, 2023|Articles, Blog|

As a longtime patron of Omni Hotels, the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia, has been on my to-go list since they acquired the property in 2013. I appreciate the hotel group's custodianship of beautiful resorts often on the National Trust for Historic Preservation and recognized by the Historic Hotels of America, both of which [...]

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