Mbiri Yakale: Menger Hotel

Mbiri Yakale: Menger Hotel
Hotelo Menger

Hotelo ya Menger, imodzi mwanyumba zodziwika bwino kwambiri komanso mbiri yakale ku San Antonio, idamangidwa ku Alamo Plaza mu 1859 ndi ochokera ku Germany a Mary ndi William Menger. Mary adafika ku San Antonio mu 1846 ndipo mwamuna wake atamwalira atangofika kumene, adatsegula nyumba yogona. Nyumbayi idapereka malo ojambulira odziwika bwino a Gutzor Borglum, otchuka kwambiri pantchito yawo ku Mt. Rushmore. William Menger atatsegula Menger Brewery mu 1855, adakwatirana ndi Mary ndipo kuchita bwino kwa Brewery kudapangitsa kuti Menger Hotel imangidwe.

Nyumba yosanjikizana iwiri, yazipinda 50 idapangidwa ndi wolemba mapulani woyamba wa San Antonio, a John M. Fries omwe amayang'anira City Market House yoyambirira ndi Casino Hall, kuyambira pomwe idawonongedwa. Amatchulidwanso kuti adakonza Alamo mu 1850 ndikuyipulumutsa ku chiwonongeko. Menger adalamula zipinda zitatu zosanjikiza, zipinda 40 mu 1859 pakati pa hoteloyo ndi moŵa.

San Antonio Herald pa Januware 18, 1859, idanenanso za ntchitoyi:

“Hotelo ya Menger ikuyandikira mofulumira. Chipinda chachikulu cha chipinda chachiwiricho sichingafanane ndi kukongola. Kutsirizika kwa makoma ndi kudenga komwe kumapangidwa ndikuphedwa ndi nzika zathu PC Taylor. Makoma ndi kudenga kwake kumagwirizanitsa kusalala kwa magalasi ndi kuyera kwa alabaster, pomwe mapangidwe ake amapangidwa mwaluso kwambiri ndikujambula mwaluso kwambiri. ”

A Menger adalemba izi m'manyuzipepala am'deralo:

Hotelo Menger

Alamo plaza          

San Antonio

Omwe atsegulidwayo ali ndi chisamaliro chachikulu komanso ndalama zomwe zakonzedwa ndikukonzekeretsa hotelo yayikulu & yosangalatsa ku Alamo Square yomwe idzatsegulidwe pa 1 Disembala 1859.

Amadzinyengerera kuti kukhazikitsidwa kwake kudzakhala kokulirapo komanso kokhala ndi mpweya wabwino, komwe nthawi zina kumadzapatsidwa chakudya chambiri ndikusamaliridwa ndi omwe akukumana nawo.

WA Menger

Pazaka zinayi za Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni, hoteloyo inali ndi asitikali ambiri a Confederate Army kuphatikiza Sam Houston ndi Robert E. Lee. Inapereka chakudya kuti athandize oyang'anira ndi asirikali. Hoteloyo inaperekanso mabedi achipatala ndi ntchito zaunamwino kwa asirikali ovulala.

William Menger atamwalira ali ndi zaka makumi anayi ndi zinayi mu 1871, Mary ndi mwana wake wamwamuna Louis William adapitiliza kugulitsa moŵa ndi hotelo. Mu 1877, ntchito yomanga njanji ku San Antonio idathandizira kuti Menger apambane. Hoteloyo idapereka cholembera chapadera paliponse chomwe chimalola kuti alendo azingotumiza makalata mu chute yomwe imatha kusonkhanitsidwa, kupita nayo ku positi ofesi ndikupita nayo ku adiresi ya emvulopuyo. Kambiranani za kupita patsogolo!

Kwa zaka zambiri, kukoka kwina kotchuka ku hoteloyi ndi zakudya zoperekedwa ndi a Mary Menger omwe. Mary anali akukonzekeretsa alendo ake kwanthawi yayitali kunyumba kwake ndipo amamva kuti kuchita izi ku Menger Hotel kulimbitsa chidwi chake. A Mengers adagula ng'ombe zabwino kwambiri, nkhuku, batala wakudziko ndi mazira m'misika yomwe amayenera kupereka. Amadzitamandira popatsa alendo awo zakudya zabwino kwambiri panthawiyo. A Mengers adatumizanso ngolo yokhala ndi mabenchi omwe amayenda mozungulira mtawuni ya San Antonio akutenga amalonda kuti awatengere ku hotelo kuti akadye nawo mtengo wokoma. Mary adapanga mndandanda wa alendo ake, kuphatikiza msuzi, ng'ombe, pasitala, nyama yamwana wang'ombe, ndi ndiwo zamasamba zosiyanasiyana zokoma. Zonsezi zimaperekedwa nthawi imodzi ndipo munthu aliyense amatuluka mchipinda chodyera ali wokhutira. Mary amadziwikanso ndi mapwando apamwamba a chakudya chamadzulo kwa alendo odziwika omwe amangotsimikizira kuti anali wophika bwino. Maphikidwe ambiri a Mary akuperekedwabe masiku ano m'chipinda chodyera cha atsamunda.

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Stanley Turkel idasankhidwa kukhala 2014 komanso 2015 Historian of the Year wolemba mbiri yakale ku America, pulogalamu yovomerezeka ya National Trust for Historic Preservation. Turkel ndi mlangizi wofalitsa nkhani wofalitsidwa kwambiri ku United States. Amagwiritsa ntchito malo ake owerengera kuhotelo ngati mboni waluso pamilandu yokhudzana ndi hotelo, amapereka kasamalidwe ka chuma ndi kuyankhulana kwa hotelo. Amadziwika kuti ndi Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus ndi Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Lodging Association. [imelo ndiotetezedwa] 917-628-8549

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