Six Senses RiverStone Estate

IHG has signed a Six Senses wellness resort on the historic RiverStone Estate in Foxburg, a nearly 1,200-acre property in western Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny and Clarion rivers. The project will add 77 guest rooms and cottages, a 16,000-square-foot spa and a 22,000-square-foot equestrian center around an 1820s mansion and a Frank Furness-designed carriage house, targeting a 2028 opening as the brand's fourth US resort.

The place

RiverStone Estate sits at the confluence of the Allegheny and Clarion rivers in Foxburg, western Pennsylvania, about 90 minutes north of Pittsburgh. The nearly 1,200-acre property carries 7 miles of riverfront and 50 miles of trails, in a rural stretch of the state better known for the Allegheny National Forest than for a luxury wellness address.

The concept

Six Senses is converting a historic working estate rather than building from scratch: an 1820s stone mansion and a Victorian-era carriage house designed by architect Frank Furness serve as the project's centerpiece, restored rather than replaced. The estate carries the name of the Fox family, who founded the nearby village of Foxburg and, in the late 19th century, laid out what is now recognized as the oldest continuously played golf course in the United States a short distance away. The resort will add 77 guest rooms and residential cottages woven into the estate's gardens and woodland, alongside a 16,000-square-foot Six Senses Spa set into the restored stone walls of an English garden and a 22,000-square-foot equestrian center with a riding arena and equine therapy programs. It is IHG's fourth Six Senses resort in the United States, and a departure from the brand's usual beach and mountain settings for a rural, land-based wellness program built around riding, trails and the two rivers that meet on the property. IHG has not yet named the project's architecture or interior design team beyond crediting the estate's original 19th-century builders.

Dining & wellness

IHG's announcement describes a specialty restaurant, courtyard tasting bars and a rotating 'Orchard Alley' dining pop-up drawing on the estate's own gardens and orchards, alongside indoor and outdoor fitness and meditation spaces tied to the spa program. None of the venues have been named publicly as of this pass.