Hayth Hotel

By 1871, due to the reputation of it’s healing mineral springs and pleasing summer climate, Fincastle had become a favorite retreat, especially for the people of New Orleans. They came to escape the heat and the feared Yellow Fever.

William B. Hayth recognized the need for a comfortable establishment to accommodate the tourists. So, in 1872, he opened the Hayth Hotel. It was a beautiful hotel, in a perfect setting, with its wide verandahs, shaded by the many aspen trees that surrounded the building providing them with a comfortable place to stroll or just sit for hours, enjoying the scenery and conversing with one another. It also had a ball room and a bowling alley. Adjoining the hotel was a lovely millinery shop, owned and operated by his wife, Sarah Peck Hayth. It carried the latest fashions from New York, Baltimore, and Richmond. The town prospered and so did the hotel.