The Wonderland Hotel to be Preserved

According to Park officials, the Wonderland Hotel, one of 70 buildings in Elkmont that were once part of the bustling railroad community, will be carefully removed from the site and historically preserved.

Beginning November 1, Moran Construction Company of Abingdon, Virginia will begin dismantling the two-story hotel and has set a completion date of December 8th, 2006. Artifacts and significant pieces will be removed by hand and taken to the park’s archival storage area at the Department of Energy’s Office of Scientificant and Technical Information Storage facility in Oak Ridge.

Officials stated that the work will not affect the Elkmont Campground, however the area around the hotel will be closed to the public.