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Dirty South Oven Maker Also A Hotel Maker

Where: 318 Howard Street [map], Greenwood, MS, United States, 38930

[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven Tim Leffel got all Betty Crocker on us, checking out some high-end ovens only to discover they were made in Mississippi. Naturally, when you follow the oven, you're bound to find a hotel. Er..not quite but read on to find out what hotel is worth a stop down South.]

Greenwood, Mississippi has a population of only 17,344 and one substantial employer. But when that employer is an upscale appliance maker, a swanky boutique hotel starts to make lots of sense.

Inc. Magazine is not a publication we normally turn to for advice on hip boutique hotels, but a story on the hometown of Viking Range caught our eye. The high-end stove company was founded in little Greenwood, Mississippi and is still headquartered there. The founder, Fred Carl, was tired of bringing sales reps to town and having no decent place for them to stay. So he took things into his own hands and financed the development of the Alluvian Hotel, in a restored building downtown.

This lovely boutique hotel is to the existing highway motels in town what a Viking stove is to a Kenmore starter model. As one "admirer" says in the article, "It don't belong in Greenwood!" Picture fine fabrics, stylish furniture, attractive lighting, commissioned art, and all the attention you would expect in an upscale hotel. There's a plush lobby and bar, plus a great restaurant (also owned by Viking) on the corner. It's $175 a night for one of the 45 regular rooms, but plan ahead to get a reservation. They're so booked up that they don't even let you do it on the web--you have to call and see where they can squeeze you in.

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Related Stories:
· The Alluvian Hotel reviews [TripAdvisor]
· August 2006 [Inc. Magazine]