Kudala ngaphambi kokuba kube yihhotela eliyingqophamlando, i- Nashville, eTennessee, I-Union Station yayiyisikhungo esiyinhloko emnothweni nasezokuthutha zaseMelika. Ukuvulwa ngo-Okthoba 9, 1900, eLouisville & Nashville Railroad, umklamo omangalisayo wesakhiwo samaGothic owawunophahla olukhuphuka ngemiphongolo kanye nengilazi enamabala kaTiffany, kwakuyisivumelwano sobuchule namandla e-US. Ngesikhathi seminyaka yobukhazikhazi besitimela, inkosi yamaMafia u-Al Capone waphelezelwa wadlula lapha eya ejele lase-Georgia. Amanye amaqiniso athakazelisayo azungeze lesi siteshi esingumlando saseNashville afaka:
- Ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngo-Agasti 1, 1898
- Isiteshi savulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-Okthoba 9, 1900
- Izinga lethrekhi lake labamba amachibi amabili ama-alligator
- Isitimela Esichithwayo sasiyisikhala esikhulu kunazo zonke esingasekelwa eMelika, sakha izitimela ezifika ezi-10 ezigcwele ngasikhathi sinye
Umakhi uRichard Montfort (1854-1931) waklama iNashville Union Station yeLouisville & Nashville Railroad. Isiteshi esikhulukazi sibaluleke ngempela kulezi zici ezilandelayo:
- Idizayini enzima yamatshe eRichardsonian-Romanesque
- Amasentimitha angama-65, ophahleni lokwamukela izivakashi olunemigqomo, equkethe izindondo zamahlamvu egolide kanye neminyaka engu-100 ubudala, ingilazi enamabala yasekuqaleni.
- Phansi kweMarble, iminyango nezindonga ezi-oak, nezindawo ezintathu zomlilo
- Ingelosi engu-20 enezimpawu zezohwebo enezimpawu zegolide
- Amapaneli amabili okusiza — inqola yesitimu enqoleni edonswa yihhashi each ngakunye ekupheleni kwendawo yokwamukela izivakashi
Isiteshi sifinyelele ekusetshenzisweni okuphezulu phakathi neMpi Yezwe II lapho bekuyindawo yokuthumela amashumi ezinkulungwane zamasosha ase-US. Ngemuva kwempi, kwaqala ukwehla okude njengoba insizakalo yesitimela sabagibeli e-US ngokuvamile yehliswa. Ngawo-1960, ibiphakelwa izitimela ezimbalwa nsuku zonke. Izikhala zayo eziningi ezivulekile zacishwa futhi izici zayo zokwakha zaba yindawo yokuhlala amajuba. Ukwakhiwa kwe-Amtrak ngo-1971 kunciphise insizakalo esitimeleni saseFloridian esisenyakatho naseningizimu usuku ngalunye. Lapho le sevisi inqanyulwa ngo-Okthoba 1979, isiteshi sashiywa ngokuphelele. Lesi siteshi siwele ezandleni zikahulumeni wase-United States, iGeneral Services Administration. Ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1980, iqembu labatshalizimali leza nohlelo lokuxhasa ngezimali ukulungiswa kwesiteshi saba yihhotela likanokusho elaphasiswa. Ngemuva kokulungiswa okukhulu, iqembu labatshalizimali abasha abathenga ihhotela ngenxa yokuqothuka bakwazi ukulisebenzisa ngokunenzuzo.
Maphakathi nawo-1990 babesebuyisele isithombe sikaMercury endaweni yakhe phezu kombhoshongo, yize sasimabili-ngci sidwetshwe ngesitayela se-trompe l'oeil ukuphindaphinda okwakuqala. Lokhu kwabhujiswa enkabeni yedolobha laseNashville ngo-1998 kodwa kwasheshe kwafakwa okunye.
I-Frommer's Review ibike ku-New York Times:
Leli hhotela lakhiwa ngo-1900 futhi lagcinwa esikhumulweni sesitimela saseRomanesque Gothic esasiyisitimela sase-Union Station. Ngemuva kokulungiswa kabusha kwe- $ 10-million, okuqedwe ngo-2007, wonke amagumbi ezivakashi nezindawo zomphakathi zibuyekeziwe. Indawo yokwamukela izivakashi yihholo elikhulu langaphambili lesiteshi sesitimela futhi inophahla oluyindilinga lwengilazi enamabala kaTiffany…
I-Union Station Hotel Nashville, Autograph Collection iyilungu le-Historic Hotels of America kanye ne-National Trust for Historic Preservation kusukela ngo-2015. Yaqokwa njenge-National Historic Landmark ngo-1977.
UStanley Turkel yaqokwa njenge-2014 kanye ne-2015 Historian of the Year yi-Historic Hotels of America, uhlelo olusemthethweni lweNational Trust for Historic Preservation. UTurkel ungumeluleki wehhotela oshicilelwa kakhulu e-United States. Usebenzisa umkhuba wakhe wokubonisana nehhotela osebenza njengofakazi oyingcweti ezimweni ezihlobene namahhotela, unikeza ukuphathwa kwempahla nokubonisana ngamahhotela ngokuthenga imali. Uqinisekiswe njenge-Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus yi-Educational Institute ye-American Hotel and Lodging Association. [i-imeyili ivikelwe] 917-628-8549
Incwadi Yami Entsha “Hotel Mavens Volume 3: Bob and Larry Tisch, Curt Strand, Ralph Hitz, Cesar Ritz, Raymond Orteig” isanda kushicilelwa.
Izincwadi Zami Ezinye Ezishicilelwe Zamahhotela
- Abathengisi Abakhulu BaseMelika: Amaphayona Emboni Yehhotela (2009)
- Yakhelwe Ekugcineni: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + eNew York (ngo-2011)
- Yakhelwe Ekugcineni: 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 Ekugcineni: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + Aneminyaka Emidala ENtshonalanga yeMississippi (2017)
- Ihhotela Mavens Umqulu 2: UHenry Morrison Flagler, uHenry Bradley Plant, uCarl Graham Fisher (2018)
- IGreat American Hotel Architects Umqulu I (2019)
Zonke lezi zincwadi zinga-odwa kwa-AuthorHouse ngokuvakashela www.stanleyturkel.com nokuchofoza isihloko sencwadi.
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