Tampa Bay Hotel: Malo Agalu Okwanira Kwambiri Okhalapo

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Kuchita bwino kwa hotelo ya Henry M. Flagler ya Ponce de Leon ku St. Augustine kunapangitsa Henry B. Plant kukhulupirira kuti Tampa ikufunika hotelo yatsopano yochititsa chidwi. Ndi mgwirizano wa khonsolo ya tauni yomanga mlatho wowoloka Mtsinje wa Hillsborough komanso kutsitsa misonkho yochulukirapo, a Plant anasankha katswiri wa zomangamanga ku New York City John A. Wood kuti akonze hotelo yochititsa chidwi kwambiri. Mwala wapangodya wa Tampa Bay Hoteloyo inayikidwa pa July 26, 1888, ndipo hotelo ya zipinda 511 inatsegulidwa pa February 5, 1891, ndi rotunda ya mamita 23 yothandizidwa ndi mizati khumi ndi itatu ya granite. Hotelo yoyamba yamagetsi ku Florida inali ndi izi:

• Zipinda za alendo: bafa limodzi pazipinda zitatu zilizonse (pamene Ponce de Leon anali ndi zimbudzi zogawana kumapeto kwa zipinda); makapeti, mabedi ofewa, matelefoni, kutentha kwa madzi otentha, poyatsira moto ndi galasi lozungulira la mainchesi khumi ndi asanu m’mimba mwake zoikidwa padenga la chipinda chilichonse chokhala ndi mababu atatu pansi kuti aziponya kuwala kumadera onse a zipinda. Kuphatikiza apo, panali magetsi awiri amagetsi omwe adayikidwa pambali pa tebulo lovala.

• Zipinda khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi: iliyonse ili ndi zipinda ziwiri, zipinda zitatu, zitseko zotsetsereka, zimbudzi ziwiri ndi zipinda zapadera.

• Malo opezeka anthu onse anali ndi cafe, chipinda cha billiard, ofesi ya telegraph, malo ometeramo tsitsi, malo ogulitsa mankhwala, malo ogulitsira maluwa, malo a amayi apadera opangira shuffleboard, chipinda cha billiard, ofesi ya telegraph, ndi malo odyera. Panalinso malo osambira a singano ndi mchere, kutikita minofu ndi dokotala. Panali masitolo ena ang'onoang'ono m'dera la arcade.

• Malo ochitirako zosangalatsa anali ndi mabwalo a tennis ndi mabwalo a ng'ona, kukwera njinga zamoto, bwalo la gofu la mahole 18, makhola, maulendo okasaka ndi maulendo otsegula magetsi mumtsinje wa Hillsborough kukawona ng'ona ndi mimbulu.

• Chakudya chamadzulo chinali chovomerezeka ndi madiresi apamwamba, ma jekete ndi mataye. Panali nyimbo zoimbidwa ndi gulu la oimba lomwe linali pagawo lachiwiri la chipinda chachikulu chodyeramo. Pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo, alendowo anapatukana—amuna kupita ku bala kaamba ka ndudu ndi zakumwa zoledzeretsa pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo, akazi kupita ku chipinda chochezeramo zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi ndi kukambirana.

• Ntchito ina yoperekedwa ndi hoteloyi inali makhola XNUMX a agalu ogonamo ziweto zonyamulidwa ndi alendo obwera ku hotelo pa nthawi yomwe amakhala ku Florida. Nkhokwezo zinali mu paki ya theka la maekala ndi mitengo yamithunzi ndipo anatsekeredwa ndi mpanda wa mapazi asanu ndi limodzi. Bukhu la hoteloyo linanena kuti linali ndi:

"Malo ogona agalu ambiri pahotelo iliyonse yomwe ilipo."

Henry Bradley Plant (October 27, 1819 - June 23, 1899), anali wochita bizinesi, wazamalonda, komanso wochita malonda omwe ankachita nawo zinthu zambiri zamayendedwe, makamaka njanji, kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa United States. Iye anayambitsa Plant System ya njanji ndi steamboats.

Wobadwa mu 1819 ku Branford, Connecticut, Plant adalowa ntchito ya njanji mu 1844, akugwira ntchito ngati messenger wodziwika bwino pa Hartford ndi New Haven Railroad mpaka 1853, panthawi yomwe anali ndi udindo wonse wamabizinesi amsewuwo. Anapita kumwera mu 1853 ndipo adakhazikitsa mizere yolunjika panjanji zosiyanasiyana zakumwera, ndipo mu 1861 adakonza Southern Express Co., ndipo adakhala purezidenti wake. Mu 1879 anagula, pamodzi ndi ena, Atlantic ndi Gulf Railroad ya Georgia, ndipo kenako anakonzanso Savannah, Florida ndi Western Railroad, kumene anakhala pulezidenti. Anagula ndikumanganso, mu 1880, Savannah ndi Charleston Railroad, tsopano Charleston ndi Savannah. Posakhalitsa izi adakonza Plant Investment Co., kuti aziwongolera njanjizi ndikupititsa patsogolo zokonda zawo nthawi zambiri, ndipo kenako adakhazikitsa mzere wa sitima yapamadzi pamtsinje wa St. John, ku Florida. Kuyambira 1853 mpaka 1860 iye anali woyang'anira wamkulu wa gulu lakummwera la Adams Express Co., ndipo mu 1867 anakhala pulezidenti wa Texas Express Co. kenako idakhala gawo la Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

Plant imadziwika kwambiri polumikiza dera lomwe linali lakutali la Tampa Bay komanso kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Florida ndi njanji zamtunduwu ndikukhazikitsa masitima apamtunda wanthawi zonse pakati pa Tampa, Cuba, ndi Key West, zomwe zimathandizira kukulitsa kuchuluka kwa anthu komanso kukula kwachuma m'derali. Pofuna kulimbikitsa kuchuluka kwa anthu, Plant anamanga malo ochitirako hotelo akulu a Tampa Bay motsatira njanji yake yodutsa ku Tampa ndi mahotela angapo ang'onoang'ono kumwera, ndikuyambitsa bizinesi yoyendera alendo. Mdani wake wochezeka, Henry Flagler, nayenso adalimbikitsa kukula m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Florida pomanga Florida East Coast Railroad pamodzi ndi malo angapo ochitirako tchuthi panjira yake.

Mu nyengo ya 1896-97, Plant inamanga kasino / holo, ndi nyumba yowonetsera 80 x 110-foot mu Tampa Bay Hotel ndi holo yophatikizana ndi dziwe losambira kumbuyo. Kumapeto kwakum'mawa kwa clubhouse kunali mabwalo awiri a bowling ndi bwalo la shuffleboard. Pakafunika kukhala holo, dziwe lokhala ndi matailosi lodzaza ndi madzi akasupe likanakutidwa ndi matabwa. Pamene holoyo, imene munali anthu 1,800, sinagwiritsiridwe ntchito monga bwalo la zisudzo, zipinda zovekera za oseŵerawo zinakhala zipinda zosinthiramo osambiramo. Hoteloyi inali ndi makhonde akulu akulu, minda yokongola, mipanda ya kuwala kwamagetsi, zoumba zakum'maŵa, ziboliboli zokongola ndi zojambula, makapeti aku Turkey, miphika yamkuwa yaku China. Bambo ndi Mayi Plant anapita ku Ulaya ndi ku Far East kukasankha ndi kugula mipando ndi zinthu zina zopangira zipinda za anthu onse.

Positikhadi ya hotelo ya 1924 inafotokoza malo okongola motere:

Mwala wokongola kwambiri uyenera kukhala ndi malo oyenera komanso momwe ungakhalire, m'munda wotentha wamasamba owoneka bwino amitundu ndi mitundu. Dera lozungulira hoteloyo liyenera kufanana ndi kuchuluka kwake kotero kuti limalola minda yalalanje, mayendedwe okopa, ndi maulendo okopa kudutsa mizere yayitali ya palmetto ndi pansi pa mitengo ya thundu yomwe ikutsatira mbendera zawo zotuwa za moss waku Spain.

M'mphepete mwa mtsinje waung'ono munabzalidwa zomera ndi zipatso zambiri za kumalo otentha kuphatikizapo maluwa, pansies, nsungwi, oleander, mapapaya, mango ndi zinanazi. Popeza kuzizira kwa apo ndi apo kungawononge zomera za m’madera otentha, malo osungiramo magalasi osungiramo magalasi kuti ameremo zomera ndi maluwa m’zipinda za alendo, m’malo opezeka anthu onse ndi matebulo a zipinda zodyeramo. Atayenda ulendo wopita ku Bahamas, wolima dimba wamkulu Auton Fiche anabwerera ndi boti la zomera za m’madera otentha. Buku la 1892 la zipatso, maluwa ndi zomera zomwe zimamera pamalo a hotelo zidatchula mitundu makumi awiri ndi iwiri ya kanjedza, mitundu itatu ya nthochi, mitundu khumi ndi iwiri ya ma orchid ndi mitengo ya citrus yosiyanasiyana kuphatikiza malalanje, laimu, mandimu, manyumwa, mandarin ndi tangerine.

Ngakhale lero, mukhoza kuona chifukwa chake Tampa Bay Hotel inali mwala wa Plant's Florida Gulf Coast Hotels. Zambiri mwazomangamanga zoyambilira tsopano zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi University of Tampa ndipo zimakhala ndi Henry B. Plant Museum. Pamene idatsegulidwa pa January 31, 1891, mtolankhani Henry G. Parker mu Boston Saturday Evening Gazette analemba kuti,

Hotelo Yatsopano ya Tampa Bay: Inasungidwira njanji yochititsa chidwi komanso yochititsa chidwi, Bambo HB Plant, kuti apeze ulemu womanga hotelo yotentha kwambiri ku Florida, hotelo yokongola kwambiri, yoyambirira komanso yokongola kwambiri ku South, ngati sichoncho. dziko lonse; ndipo ndi hotelo yomwe dziko lonse lapansi likufunika kulangizidwa. Malo onse, kuphatikizapo malo ndi nyumba, anagula madola XNUMX miliyoni, ndipo mipando ndi zipangizo zina zowonjezera theka la milioni. Palibe chomwe chimakhumudwitsa diso, zotsatira zomwe zimapangidwa ndi chimodzi mwazodabwitsa komanso zosangalatsa.

Ngakhale kuti hoteloyi inali ndi mawonekedwe onse, sizinali zopambana zamalonda mu nthawi ya Plant. Sanasangalale ndi malipoti azachuma ndipo adanena kuti hoteloyo inali yothandiza ngati kungosangalala ndi chitoliro chake chachikulu cha ku Germany. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ya Henry B. Plant ku Tampa Bay Hotel (yomwe inakhazikitsidwa mu 1933) imakumbukira zaka zimene hoteloyo inali yokongola kwambiri, pamene zovala zapachakudya zinali zanthawi zonse ndipo njinga zinkanyamula alendo kudutsa m'minda yachilendo ya hoteloyo. Gulu lankhondo la ku Spain ndi America limafotokoza nkhani yomwe hotelo idasewera mu mkangano wa 1898 pakati pa United States ndi Cuba yomwe imayang'aniridwa ndi Spain. Chifukwa Tampa unali mzinda wapafupi ndi Cuba wokhala ndi njanji ndi madoko, idasankhidwa ngati poyambira nkhondo. Hoteloyi idasankhidwa kukhala National Historic Landmark mu 1977.

Mwana wa Plant, Morton Freeman Plant (1852-1918), anali wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Plant Investment Company kuyambira 1884 mpaka 1902 ndipo adapambana ngati woyendetsa ngalawa. Anali mwini wake wa kalabu ya baseball ya Philadelphia mu National League, komanso mwini wake yekha wa kalabu ya New London ku Eastern League ya mphatso zambiri za Plant ku zipatala ndi mabungwe ena, zomwe zidadziwika kwambiri zinali zipinda zitatu zogona komanso mphatso yopanda malire ya $ 1,000,000. Connecticut College for Women. Nyumba yakale ya Plant mu 1905 pa Fifth Avenue ku New York City tsopano ndi nyumba ya Cartier.

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Stanley Turkel adasankhidwa kukhala 2020 Historian of the Year ndi Historic Hotels of America, pulogalamu yovomerezeka ya National Trust for Historic Preservation, yomwe adatchulidwapo kale mu 2015 ndi 2014. Turkel ndiye mlangizi wodziwika bwino wamahotelo 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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