I think you have it wrong, SpinnerWebb. I think the Inn leases the land and the building from the Feds.
If that’s the case, and I have it wrong, then a lawyer will need to go over the lease to see if there are any re-acquisition clauses. If not, sue the government for everything it’s worth.
But if the Feds have the lease, they own the surface rights. My caution is just agains selling out any of your right to the government. Bad things happen.
P.S. My given name rhymes with Pan Dowdy. My nickname all through high school was Shoo Fly, for that very reason.
I can’t find it quickly as to whether it might be true, but another possibility is that the Inn was built pre park. When the park came they offered the owner leases for long stretches of time.
I do not think that is the case here since this inn looks 1960’s-ish and the parkway was already there. But it could be. Elkmont in the Smokies had a slew of vacation homes that had such leases for upwards of 99 years, IIRC.
Is that in the lease agreement that the lessor can shut your business down or kick you out of your home for no reason? (rhetorical question) I can’t believe so many people are just taking this. What about those 60 families kicked out of their houses on Lake Mead, NV?
I’m trying to think what I would do if this was happening to me. I’m not good at taking injustice sitting down.