Ihhotela laseTampa Bay: Indawo Yokuhlala Yezinja Ephelele Kakhulu Ekhona

Impumelelo yehhotela lika-Henry M. Flagler's Ponce de Leon e-St. Augustine yaqinisekisa u-Henry B. Plant ukuthi i-Tampa idinga ihhotela elisha eliwumbukwane. Ngesivumelwano somkhandlu wedolobha sebhuloho elisha eliwela uMfula i-Hillsborough kanye nokwehliswa kwentela yezindlu nezakhiwo, uPlant wakhetha umdwebi wamapulani weDolobha laseNew York u-John A. Wood ukuthi aklame ihhotela elihle. Itshe legumbi le Tampa Bay Ihhotela labekwa ngoJulayi 26, 1888, futhi ihhotela elinamakamelo angu-511 lavulwa ngoFebhuwari 5, 1891, eline-rotunda engamamitha angu-23 ukuphakama esekelwe amakholomu e-granite ayishumi nantathu. Ihhotela lokuqala laseFlorida elifakwe ugesi ngokugcwele laliqukethe izici ezilandelayo:

• Amakamelo ezivakashi: igumbi lokugezela elilodwa kuwo wonke amagumbi amathathu (kuyilapho iPonce de Leon inamagumbi okugeza ahlanganyelwayo ekugcineni kwamaphasishi); okhaphethi, imibhede ethambile, izingcingo, ukushisisa amanzi ashisayo, indawo yokucima umlilo kanye nesibuko esiyindilinga esingamayintshi ayishumi nanhlanu obubanzi obubekwe ophahleni lwegumbi ngalinye namalambu amathathu ngezansi ukuze kukhiphe ukukhanya kuzo zonke izingxenye zamakamelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakunamalambu kagesi amabili abekwe eceleni kwetafula lokugqoka.

• Ama-suites ayishumi nesithupha: ngalinye linamagumbi amabili okulala, amagumbi okulala amathathu, izicabha ezishelelayo, amagumbi okugeza amabili kanye namaphasishi angasese.

• Izinsiza zomphakathi zazihlanganisa ikhefi, igumbi lebhilidi, ihhovisi letelegraph, indawo yokugunda izinwele, isitolo sezidakamizwa, isitolo sezimbali, indawo yabesifazane abakhethekile ye-shuffleboard, igumbi lamabhilidi, ihhovisi locingo kanye nezinsiza zekhefi. Okunye okwakukhona yizindawo zokugeza inaliti namanzi amaminerali, amamasaji kanye nodokotela. Bekukhona nezinye izitolo ezincane endaweni ye-arcade.

• Izindawo zokungcebeleka bezihlanganisa izinkundla zethenisi nezikwele, ukugibela orisho, inkundla yegalofu enemigodi engu-18, izitebele, uhambo lokuzingela kanye nohambo lokwethulwa kukagesi eMfuleni i-Hillsborough ukuyobuka izingwenya nezimbaza.

• Izidlo zakusihlwa zazihlelekile ngezingubo zikanokusho, amabhantshi nothayi. Kwakukhona umculo obukhoma we-orchestra obekwe ezingeni lesibili legumbi lokudlela elikhulu. Ngemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa, izivakashi zahlukana—abesilisa beya endaweni yokucima ukoma bayofuna ugwayi nogologo bangemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa, abesifazane baye endlini yokuphumula ukuze bathole iziphuzo ezibandayo nezingxoxo.

• Enye insizakalo ehlinzekwe ihhotela kwakuyizindlwana zezinja eziyishumi nanhlanu zendawo yokuhlala izilwane ezifuywayo ezithwalwa izivakashi zamahhotela ngesikhathi ziseFlorida. Lezi zinja zazitholakala epaki elingamahekthare amabili elinezihlahla zomthunzi futhi ebiyelwe ngocingo olungamamitha ayisithupha. Ibhukwana lehhotela lithi lina:

"Indawo yokuhlala yezinja ephelele kunanoma yiliphi ihhotela elikhona."

UHenry Bradley Plant (ngo-Okthoba 27, 1819 - Juni 23, 1899), wayengusomabhizinisi, usomabhizinisi, kanye nomtshali-zimali obandakanyeka ezintweni eziningi zokuthutha kanye namaphrojekthi, ikakhulukazi ojantshi, eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-United States. Wayengumsunguli wePlant System of railroads and steamboats.

Wazalwa ngo-1819 eBranford, Connecticut, uPlant wangena enkonzweni kaloliwe ngo-1844, esebenza njengesithunywa esiqondile ku-Hartford naseNew Haven Railroad kwaze kwaba ngu-1853, ngaleso sikhathi ayephethe ibhizinisi eliqondile lalowo mgwaqo. Waya eningizimu ngo-1853 futhi wasungula imigqa esheshayo emijahweni ehlukahlukene eseningizimu, kwathi ngo-1861 wahlela i-Southern Express Co., waba ngumongameli wayo. Ngo-1879 wathenga, kanye nabanye, i-Atlantic neGulf Railroad yaseGeorgia, futhi kamuva wahlela kabusha iSavannah, Florida kanye neWestern Railroad, aba ngumongameli wayo. Wathenga futhi wakha kabusha, ngo-1880, i-Savannah ne-Charleston Railroad, manje eyi-Charleston ne-Savannah. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokhu wahlela i-Plant Investment Co., ukuze ilawule lezi zindlela zesitimela futhi ithuthukise izithakazelo zabo ngokuvamile, futhi kamuva yasungula ulayini we-steamboat emfuleni i-St. John's, eFlorida. Kusukela ngo-1853 kuya ku-1860 wayengunsumpa jikelele wesigaba esiseningizimu ye-Adams Express Co., kwathi ngo-1867 waba umongameli we-Texas Express Co. Ngawo-1880, iningi lemizila yakhe kaloliwe kanye ne-steamship yahlanganiswa yaba yiPlant System, eyasungulwa. kamuva yaba yingxenye ye-Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

I-Plant yaziwa kakhulu ngokuxhumanisa indawo yaseTampa Bay eyayikade iyodwa kanye neningizimu-ntshonalanga yeFlorida ohlelweni lukaloliwe lwesizwe nokusungula insizakalo evamile ye-steamship phakathi kweTampa, Cuba, kanye ne-Key West, okusiza ukuvusa ukwanda kwabantu nokukhula komnotho esifundeni. Ukuze kuthuthukiswe isiminyaminya sabagibeli, iPlant yakha indawo enkulu yokungcebeleka yehhotela iTampa Bay eduze komzila wakhe wesitimela onqamula eTampa kanye namahhotela ambalwa amancane ukuya eningizimu, eqala imboni yezokuvakasha yendawo. Imbangi yakhe, uHenry Flagler, ngokufanayo uvuse ukukhula ngasogwini oluphambene neFlorida ngokwakha iFlorida East Coast Railroad kanye nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezimbalwa emzileni wayo.

Ngesizini ka-1896-97, iPlant yakha ikhasino/ihholo, kanye nesakhiwo sombukiso esingu-80 x 110-foot ehhotela lase-Tampa Bay kanye nehholo elihlanganisiwe nedamu lokubhukuda ngemuva. Umkhawulo osempumalanga we-clubhouse wawunezindawo ezimbili ze-bowling kanye nenkundla ye-shuffleboard. Lapho kudingekile njengehholo, ichibi elinamathayela eligcwele amanzi esiphethu lalingase livalwe phansi ngokhuni. Lapho ihholo, elalihlalisa abantu abangu-1,800 XNUMX, lingasetshenziswa njengenkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini, amagumbi okugqokisa abadlali aba amagumbi okushintshela abagezayo. Ihhotela lalinoveranda abakhulu ababanzi, izingadi ezinhle, amakhothamo okukhanya kukagesi, izitsha zobumba zasempumalanga, izithombe ezinhle nemidwebo, otapa baseTurkey, amavazi ethusi aseShayina. UMnu noNkk. Plant bathatha uhambo lokuya eYurophu naseMpumalanga Ekude beyokhetha futhi bathenge ifenisha nezinye izinto zokunikeza amakamelo omphakathi.

Iposikhadi lasehhotela lango-1924 lachaza izizathu ezinhle kanje:

Ubucwebe obuhle kangaka kufanele bube nendawo efanelekile futhi bunjalo, engadini eshisayo yobuhle obungavamile bamahlamvu nezinhlobo zezilwane. Ihektare elizungeze ihhotela kufanele lifane nenani lalo elihle futhi livumela izihlathi zamawolintshi, uhambo oluhehayo, nokushayela okuhehayo emigqeni emide ye-palmetto nangaphansi kwe-oki ebukhoma elandela izibhengezo zabo ezimpunga ze-Spanish moss.

Eceleni komfudlana omncane kwakutshalwe izitshalo nezithelo eziningi zasezindaweni ezishisayo ezihlanganisa ama-roses, ama-pansies, uqalo, i-oleander, ama-papaya, umango kanye nophayinaphu. Njengoba isimo sezulu esibandayo ngezikhathi ezithile singalimaza izitshalo zasezindaweni ezishisayo, kwakhiwa indawo yokulondoloza izitshalo enengilazi ukuze kutshalwe izitshalo nezimbali zamagumbi ezivakashi, izindawo zomphakathi namatafula ekamelo lokudlela. Ngemva kohambo oluya eBahamas, umphathi wengadi u-Aton Fiche wabuya nesikebhe esigcwele izitshalo zasezindaweni ezishisayo. Ikhathalogi yango-1892 yezithelo, izimbali nezitshalo ezikhula emagcekeni ehhotela yabala izinhlobo ezingamashumi amabili nambili zezihlahla zesundu, izinhlobo ezintathu zikabhanana, izinhlobo eziyishumi nambili zama-orchid kanye nezihlahla ezihlukene zamawolintshi okuhlanganisa awolintshi, umcako, ulamula, amagilebhisi, imandarin kanye netangerine.

Ngisho nanamuhla, ungabona ukuthi kungani iTampa Bay Hotel yaba igugu lamahhotela ePlant's Florida Gulf Coast. Ingxenye enkulu yesakhiwo sokuqala manje isisetshenziswa yiNyuvesi yaseTampa futhi inezindlu ze-Henry B. Plant Museum. Lapho ivulwa ngoJanuwari 31, 1891, intatheli uHenry G. Parker kuyi-Boston Saturday Evening Gazette yabhala,

Ihhotela elisha lase-Tampa Bay: Beligcinelwe umzila wesitimela ohlakaniphile futhi omatasatasa kanye nesikhulu se-steamboat, uMnu. HB Plant, ukuze azuze udumo lokwakha endaweni eshisayo yaseFlorida ihhotela elikhanga kakhulu, elangempela nelihle kunawo wonke eNingizimu, uma kungenjalo izwe lonke; futhi iyihhotela okudingeka wonke umhlaba welulekwe ngalo. Yonke le ndawo, okuhlanganisa indawo nesakhiwo, ibiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezimbili, futhi ifenisha nezinto zokufakwayo zibiza ingxenye yesigidi ngaphezulu. Akukho okucasula iso, umphumela okhiqizwayo ungomunye wokumangala nokujabulisayo.

Naphezu kwazo zonke izici zehhotela, alizange libe yimpumelelo yezohwebo ngesikhathi sePlant. Ubengenantshisekelo emibikweni yezezimali futhi wathi ihhotela belifaneleka uma nje lingajabulela i-ogani yalo enkulu yamapayipi aseJalimane. I-Henry B. Plant Museum e-Tampa Bay Hotel (eyasungulwa ngo-1933) ikhumbula iminyaka ecwebezelayo yehhotela, lapho ingubo esemthethweni yesidlo sakusihlwa yayisezingeni futhi orisho bethwala izivakashi ezingadini ezingavamile zehhotela. I-War Room yaseSpain-American ixoxa indaba edlalwa ihhotela ezingxabanweni zango-1898 phakathi kwe-United States ne-Cuba ephethwe i-Spanish. Ngenxa yokuthi iTampa kwakuyidolobha eliseduze neCuba elinazo zombili izinsiza zesitimela nezamachweba, yakhethwa njengendawo yokuqala impi. Ihhotela laqokwa njenge-National Historic Landmark ngo-1977.

Indodana kaPlant, uMorton Freeman Plant (1852-1918), wayengumongameli wePlant Investment Company kusukela ngo-1884 kuya ku-1902 futhi wathola ukuhlukaniswa njengomakhi wezikebhe. Ubeyingxenye yomnikazi wekilabhu ye-baseball yase-Philadelphia ku-National League, futhi engumnikazi oyedwa weklabhu yaseNew London e-Eastern League yezipho eziningi zePlant ezibhedlela nezinye izikhungo ezaziphawuleka kakhulu kwakuyizindlu zokulala ezintathu kanye nesipho esingavinjelwe sama- $ 1,000,000 i-Connecticut College Yabesifazane. Isithabathaba somuzi kaPlant sangaphambili sango-1905 ku-Fifth Avenue eNew York City manje sekuyikhaya likaCartier.

UStanley Turkel waqokwa njengo-2020 Historian of the Year yi-Historic Hotels of America, uhlelo olusemthethweni lweNational Trust for Historic Preservation, abebizwa ngalo phambilini ngo-2015 nango-2014. UTurkel ungumeluleki wamahhotela osakazwa kakhulu e-United States. Usebenzisa umkhuba wakhe wokubonisana nehhotela osebenza njengofakazi oyingcweti ezimweni ezihlobene namahhotela, enikeza ukuphathwa kwempahla nokubonisana ngamahhotela okuhweba ngezimali. Uqinisekiswe njenge-Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus yi-Educational Institute ye-American Hotel and Lodging Association. [i-imeyili ivikelwe] 917-628-8549

Incwadi yakhe entsha ethi "Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2" isanda kushicilelwa.

Ezinye Izincwadi Ezishicilelwe Zehhotela:

• Amahhotela Amakhulu AseMelika: Amaphayona Omkhakha Wehhotela (2009)

• Yakhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + eNew York (2011)

Yakhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + Aneminyaka Emidala Empumalanga YeMississippi (2013)

• Ihhotela Mavens: uLucius M. Boomer, uGeorge C. Boldt, u-Oscar waseWaldorf (2014)

• IGreat American Hoteliers Volume 2: Amaphayona Emboni Yehhotela (2016)

• Yakhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + Aneminyaka Emidala ENtshonalanga yeMississippi (2017)

• I-Hotel Mavens Volume 2: UHenry Morrison Flagler, uHenry Bradley Plant, uCarl Graham Fisher (2018)

• Abakhi Bamahhotela Abakhulu baseMelika uMqulu I (2019)

• Ihhotela Mavens: IVolumu 3: UBob noLarry Tisch, uRalph Hitz, uCesar Ritz, uCret Strand

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