I-Severin Hotel: Intandokazi Yabagibeli Ezitimeleni Ezingama-300 Zansuku Zonke

1. Yakhiwa u-Henry Severin, Omncane., indlalifa yenzuzo yegrosa, ngosizo oluvela kubathuthukisi bezindlu u-Carl Graham Fisher no-James A. Allison.
2. UFisher no-Allison bakhe i-Indianapolis Motor Speedway yodumo.
3. Ihhotela laklanywa u-Vonnegut no-Bohn, inkampani yezokwakha esebenza ekuqaleni kuya maphakathi nekhulu lama-20 e-Indianapolis.

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Lapho uBernard Vonnegut, Sr. eshona ngo-1908, walandelwa indodana yakhe uKurt Vonnegut, Sr. kamuva owaba nguyise kaKurt Vonnegut, Jr., umbhali wezincwadi odumile.

I-Grand Hotel yakhiwa ngo-1876 futhi, ngesinye isikhathi, kwakungekaThomas Taggart owabe esengumnikazi we-French Lick Springs Hotel. U-Taggart kamuva wasebenza njengeMeya yase-Indianapolis kanye noSenator wase-US wase-Indiana.

NgoFebhuwari 19, 1905, umlilo owaqala endlini enkulu yokukhiqiza i-wholesale yase-Fahnley & McCrea, wasakazekela ezakhiweni eziyisishiyagalombili ezincikene okuhlanganisa ne-Grand Hotel, ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyihhotela elikhulu kunawo wonke e-Indiana. Ngemizuzu engamashumi amane nanhlanu, izakhiwo eziyisishiyagalombili esifundeni esisongelwa zazicekeleke phansi. Nakuba ukulahlekelwa kwempahla kubekwe ku-$1.1 million, i-Grand Hotel yasindiswa ngenhlanhla emonakalweni omkhulu.

Ihhotela i-Severin lisesikhundleni esihle endaweni ye-Wholesale District skyline elibheke e-Union Station kanye namahhotela amaningi angomakhelwane. Ihhotela elinezitezi eziyishumi nambili lakhiwe ngohlaka lukakhonkolo oluqinisiwe olunezindonga zamakhethini ezitini. Iwunxande ngohlelo, ingamachweba ayishumi nanye ububanzi eduze no-West Georgia Street kanye namatheku amahlanu eduze kwe-South Illinois kanye ne-McCrea Streets. Izitezi ezimbili zokuqala zihlelwe zaba uhlelo lweRenaissance lwamafasitela ekhothamo eliyisikhumbuzo. Kusukela esitezi sesithathu kuya kweseshumi nambili, amafasitela angunxande alandela iphethini yegridi efanayo.

Abanikazi abaningana abahlukene babephethe ihhotela laze lathengwa ngo-1966 nguWarren M. Atkinson owaliqamba ngokuthi i-Atkinson Hotel. Ngo-1988, iMansur Development Corporation yathenga ihhotela futhi, ngemva kokubuyiselwa kwezigidi ezingu-40 zamaRandi, yaliqamba kabusha ngokuthi i-Omni Severin Hotel. Phakathi nesikhathi sokubuyisela, kwakhiwa imibhoshongo emisha emibili enezitezi eziyishumi nambili futhi ihhotela elinwetshiwe laxhunywa e-Circle Centre Mall kanye nesikhungo somhlangano.

Indawo yokwamukela izivakashi eyinhloko itholakala e-Severin ballroom yanamuhla. Izinsimbi eziwubukhazikhazi ezilahlekile ngaphezu kwendawo yokungena zitholwe esibayeni esingamakhilomitha angu-30 ukusuka ehhotela futhi zafakwa endaweni yazo yasekuqaleni. Ibhokisi leposi lika-1913 lisasebenza njengebhokisi leposi elisebenzayo kuze kube namuhla. Izigqoko zangempela eziqinile ze-mahogany guestroom zitholakala ekufikeni kwekheshi ngakunye. E-Severin Ballroom, i-chandelier ewubukhazikhazi yase-Austrian kanye nezitezi zemabula ezimangalisayo zikhumbuza umlando owubukhazikhazi wehhotela. Ihhotela i-Omni Severin isohlwini lweRejista Kazwelonke Yezindawo Zomlando futhi iyilungu lazo Amahhotela Omlando aseMelika.

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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