<p>NASHVILLE, Ind. — A portion of an inn at southern Indiana’s popular Brown County State Park has reopened following a complete renovation of its rooms that included outfitting them with large smart-screen televisions. </p>
<p>The 54-room east wing of Abe Martin Lodge recently reopened to visitors following the $4.5 million project by the Indiana Department of Administration and Indiana State Parks.</p>
<p>Park officials say those rooms can now be reserved by guests, including people looking for a base for hiking, mountain biking and other outdoor activities in the 16,000-acre park, which features rugged hills, ridges and fog-shrouded ravines.</p>
<p>The park is also near Nashville, a rustic tourist town with shopping and dining options. </p>
<p>The rooms in the inn’s east wing were completely revamped with new flooring, bathrooms, plumbing, lighting and furnishings. </p>
<p>The inn’s east wing opened in 1987. </p>
<p>The original Abe Martin Lodge opened in 1932 and was named after Abe Martin, the fictional backwoods Brown County cartoon character created by humorist Kin Hubbard in the early 1900s.</p>
<p>The renovation work was funded as part of an appropriation of more than $29 million in deferred maintenance dollars from the General Assembly.</p>
