Ihhotela elidumile i-del Coronado liyisibonelo esihle sezakhiwo zika-Victorian zikanokusho ezinikeza enye yezindawo zokungcebeleka zolwandle ezinhle nezidumile e-United States.

I-Del yaqanjwa ngosomabhizinisi ababili abamaphakathi nentshonalanga, u-Elisha Babcock, Jr. kanye no-Hampton L. Story abathenge yonke indawo engathuthukisiwe engamahektha angu-4,100 ku-peninsula yaseCoronado ngo-$110,000. U-Babcock wayeyisikhulu sikaloliwe eselathatha umhlalaphansi sase-Evansville, e-Indiana futhi Indaba engumnikazi we-Story & Clark Piano Company e-Chicago.

I-Babcock and Story yaqasha ifemu yezokwakha ye-Reid & Reid ehlanganisa u-James W. Reid (1851-1943), uMerrit J. Reid (1855-1932) no-Watson E. Reid (1858-1944) ababezinze e-Evansville, e-Indiana. Lapho efika eCoronado, uJames Reid wathi, “Ngakusasa, engase itholakale eCoronado kuphela ngoDisemba, sonke savakashela olwandle. Ayikho indawo engcono kakhulu ebingatholakala noma yikuphi.”

Ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngoMashi 1887 kunezisebenzi eziningi zaseShayina ezingafundile okwakudingeka ziqeqeshelwe umsebenzi ngababazi abachwepheshile, abasebenza ngamapayipi nezinye izingcweti ezivela eSan Francisco nase-Oakland. Ekugcineni u-Babcock wathola izisebenzi ezanele zokusebenzisa indawo yokwakha amahora angamashumi amabili nane ngosuku.

Ukuntuleka kwamapulangwe kwaxazululwa ngezinkontileka zamalungelo akhethekile awo wonke ukukhiqizwa kwamapulangwe okungaphekiwe kwe-Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company yase-Eureka, eCalifornia. I-Reid eyakhelwe i-planing Mills, ama-kilns, isitolo sensimbi kanye ne-ayina isebenza esakhiweni. Ukusheshisa ukwakhiwa, iReid iphinde yafaka amathange amanzi, izifafaza zokugeleza kwamandla adonsela phansi, amathangi amabili amakhulu okugcina amanzi emvula kanye nesithando somlilo sokuqala sikawoyela ehhotela elisha. I-Mather Electric Company ifake izibani zikagesi, okuyindawo yokuqala emhlabeni. Izitini zashiswa kuhhani owakhiwe eduze maqondana ngqo nomsebenzi kanye namatshe avela ezinkwalini eTemecula Canyon ahlinzekwa yiSan Diego Granite Company. Khonamanjalo, izihlalo zasendlini zangasese zazi-odwe eNgilandi, eChina eFrance, ezingilazini zaseBelgium, amayadi angama-21,000 kakhaphethi ukusuka eLowell, Massachusetts kanye nezihlalo zamapulangwe kumkhiqizi wefenisha eBoston. Umphathi jikelele wokuqala wehhotela, u-John B. Seghere, kwadingeka aphindeke kabili njengomhlobisi wangaphakathi.

Ngeshwa, lapho i-Hotel del Coronado entsha emangalisayo ivulwa ngo-February 1888, i-boom yaseningizimu yeCalifornia yawa. U-Babcock no-Story uthole uxhaso olungeziwe ku-John D. Spreckels, uKaputeni u-Charles T. Hinde, u-HW Mallett no-Giles Kellogg. Ngo-1890, ama-Spreckels ekugcineni athenga kokubili i-Babcock kanye neNdaba. Umndeni wakwaSpreckels wagcina ubunikazi be "Del" kwaze kwaba ngu-1948.

Isakhiwo sokuqala esiyizitezi ezinhlanu sihlala sinjalo futhi sisetshenziswa ngokugcwele kanye nezingxenye ezimbili ezintsha eduze nolwandle. I-Crown Room lisabhekwa njengenye yezakhiwo eziyisikhumbuzo emhlabeni wonke ezinophahla lwalo lukaphayini olunoshukela oluboshwe ndawonye kuphela ngezikhonkwane zokhuni. Azikho izipikili noma izisekelo zangaphakathi futhi iminyaka eminingi lalibhekwa njengegumbi elikhulu elingenakholomu e-United States.

Ngemva kwesikhathi esifushane sobunikazi buka-Robert A. Nordblom, umnikazi wamahhotela wase-Kansas City u-Barney Goodman kanye nosomabhizinisi wase-San Diego u-John S. Alessio, uM. Larry Lawrence owazalelwa e-Chicago waba umnikazi ngo-1963. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili eyalandela, kwasetshenziswa u-$40 million kulungiswa futhi. ukufaka esikhundleni sezintambo zamapayipi, zikagesi, zokufudumeza, zokungena komoya kanye nezintambo zegesi yokupheka. Ngenxa yokuthi i-Del iyisakhiwo sokhuni esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, u-Lawrence ufake enye yesistimu yokufafaza ye-Grinnell ebiza kakhulu ukuze inikeze konke okusemandleni ukuphepha emlilweni. Uphinde wakha iGrande Hall Convention Center ukuze enze iDel ibe ngenye yezindawo ezinkulu zemihlangano nemihlangano emikhulu eseNingizimu California. Ihhotela cishe lizimele ngokwalo ngalezi zinsiza ezilandelayo: isitolo senyama, ibhikawozi yamakhekhe, izitolo zokuhlobisa kanye nefenisha; zikagesi, amapayipi amanzi, izitolo zemishini; indawo yokuwasha neyomile yasendlini.

U-Lawrence wayehlonishwa kakhulu ngenxa yempumelelo yakhe yezezimali ayezenzele yona, kodwa akukho akufezile okwakubaluleke kakhulu kuye njengokubuyisela ezinye zezindawo ezinomlando ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni, idada elikhulu lezindawo zokungcebeleka ezisogwini lolwandle lwaseMelika - i-Hotel del Coronado.

Kuthiwa baningi osaziwayo bezobuciko, ezokuzijabulisa, ezemidlalo nezombangazwe asebevakashele i-Hotel del Coronado ukwedlula wonke amanye amahhotela aseNyakatho Melika. Izivakashi eziphawulekayo zihlanganisa uThomas Edison, Charlie Chaplin, King Kalakaua waseHawaii, Vincent Price, Babe Ruth, James Stewart, Bette Davis noKatherine Hepburn. Muva nje, izivakashi zihlanganise u-Kevin Costner, u-Whoopi Goldberg, u-Gene Hackman, u-George Harrison, u-Brad Pitt, uMadonna, u-Barbra Streisand no-Oprah Winfrey.

Omongameli abalandelayo baye bahlala ehhotela: Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush kanye noBarack Obama.

Ngenkathi iDel bekuyindawo yamamuvi amaningi, mhlawumbe edume kakhulu kwaba Abanye Bathanda Kuyashisa (1959), okulingisa kuyo uMarilyn Monroe, uJack Lemmon noTony Curtis.

Ihhotela i-del Coronado yengezwe kuRejista Kazwelonke Yezindawo Zomlando ngo-1971 futhi yaqokwa njenge-National Historic Landmark ngo-1977.

NgoMashi 2016, iBlackstone yadayisela i-Anbang Insurance Group, inkampani yomshwalense yase-China ezinze e-Beijing, i-Blackstone, ehlanganisa amahhotela aphambili angu-6.5 aseMelika okuhlanganisa ne-Hotel del Coronado. Abayishumi nanhlanu kwabayishumi nesithupha bathunyelwa ngokushesha e-Anbang. Kodwa-ke, ukuthengiswa kwehhotela i-del Coronado kwamiswa ngenxa yokukhathazeka okuvezwe i-federal inter-ejensi Committee on Foreign Investment e-United States, ebuyekeza ukutholwa kwamabhizinisi ase-US ngabatshalizimali bakwamanye amazwe ngezingozi ezingaba khona zokuphepha kwezwe. I-ejensi ibikhathazeke ngokuba seduze kwehhotela nezisekelo ezinkulu ze-Navy e-San Diego. Ngo-Okthoba 16 kwabikwa ukuthi isivumelwano asiphumelelanga futhi ihhotela lizohlala kubanikazi beBlackstone.

Ngo-August 2017, i-Hilton Hotels and Resorts yathatha abaphathi be-Hotel del Coronado njengengxenye ye-Curio Collection yabo.

*kucashunwe encwadini yami ethi “Okwakhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka eyi-100+ endala eNtshonalanga ye-Mississippi” AuthorHouse 2017

Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, yisiphathimandla nomxhumanisi ohlonishwayo embonini yehhotela. Usebenzisa ihhotela lakhe, ukungenisa izihambi kanye nemikhuba yokubonisana egxile ekuphathweni kwempahla, ekucwaningweni kwamabhuku kokusebenza nokusebenza kwezivumelwano zokukhushulwa kwamahhotela nezabelo zokuxhaswa kwamacala. Amakhasimende angabanikazi bamahhotela, abatshalizimali, nezikhungo ezibolekisa ngemali.

“Abakhi Bamahhotela Abakhulu BaseMelika”

Incwadi yami yesishiyagalombili yomlando wehhotela inezakhiwo eziyishumi nambili ezakha amahhotela angama-94 kusuka ngo-1878 kuya ku-1948: iWarren & Wetmore, iSchultze & Weaver, uJulia Morgan, u-Emery Roth, uMcKim, uMead & White, uHenry J. Hardenbergh, uCarrere & Hastings, uMulliken noMoeller, UMary Elizabeth Jane Colter, iTrowbridge & Livingston, uGeorge B. Post kanye namadodana.

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