DuPont Lodge - Cumberland Falls SP - Corbin, KY
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vhasler
N 36° 50.349 W 084° 20.315
16S E 737324 N 4080335
Built originally in 1934, the lodge offers comfort to enjoy the wooded lands and river waterfalls.
Waymark Code: WMHE5R
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2013
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From the guidebook:
Page xxiii says
"State-owned DuPont Lodge, rate per day from $2 which would be equivalent to $142 income value now."
Page 274 has a picture of Cumberland Falls Lodge. See
Waymark WMHE2Y.
Page 280 says
"DUPONT LODGE, named in honor of T. Coleman du Pont, stands on a ridge overlooking the Cumberland River, one mile from the falls. It is built of wood and stone."
---- KENTUCKY, A Guide to the Bluegrass State, 1939
The lodge was expanded to 51 rooms, which were last renovated in 2006. It has a back deck overlooking the Cumberland River (but not the falls). Meals are available in the ground floor dining room.