Mukamayenda pafupi ndi malo a Cranwell Resort, mukudutsa mbiri yakale. Kwa zaka zambiri, Cranwell wakhala nyumba ya olemera mafakitale, atsogoleri achipembedzo, olemba, ophunzira, gofu, ndi okonda chikhalidwe ku Massachusetts. Pakatikati pa malowa, okhala ndi mawonekedwe odabwitsa a Berkshires, ndi nyumba yomangidwa paphiri la Tudor, yomwe yakhala ikulamulira kumidzi kwazaka zopitilira zana. Mbiri ya Cranwell ili ndi nkhani zambiri zanthawi yabwino pakati pa 1880 ndi 1920 yomwe imadziwika kuti M'badwo Wokhazikika.
Mu 1853, Reverend Henry Ward Beecher adagula Blossom Hill, komwe kuli Cranwell Mansion tsopano, ndi $4,500. Iye ankakonda malingaliro kuchokera pamwamba pa phirilo ndipo ndi kuchokera pamalo okwera kwambiri pamene adalengeza, "Kuchokera apa ndikutha kuona mapiri a Kumwamba". Awa ndi malingaliro omwe angawoneke lero mutakhala pa Rose Terrace madzulo pomwe maphwando odziwika adachitika zaka 100 zapitazo. Reverend Beecher anali wokangalika mu ufulu wa amayi komanso mayendedwe odana ndi ukapolo. Iye anali ndi zikhumbo za pulezidenti zomwe zinathetsedwa ndi nkhani yochititsa manyazi, choncho, zinasiyidwa kwa mlongo wake Harriet Beecher Stowe kuti adzitchule kutchuka kudzera mu buku lake logulitsa kwambiri lodana ndi ukapolo, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
General John F. Rathbone anagula malo kuchokera kwa Beecher mu 1869 ndipo anayamba kumanga posuntha nyumba ya Beecher m'mphepete mwa phiri kuti nyumba yake yatsopano ikhale ndi maonekedwe abwino a kumidzi. Nyumba imene anamanga, yotchedwa Wyndhurst, inali yaikulu kwambiri malinga ndi mmene zinalili panthawiyo ndipo inali pa maekala 380. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, kuseri kwa phirilo, banja lina linali kumanganso “kanyumba” kena. Kaputeni wa Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo la United States John S. Barnes, Woyang'anira Mbendera ya North Atlantic Fleet panthawi ya Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni, adagula malowa ndi $10,000 mu 1882 ndikumanga Coldbrooke yomwe tsopano imadziwika kuti Beecher's Cottage komanso gawo la malo a Cranwell.
John Sloane, wachibale wa Vanderbilts ndi mwini wake wa kampani yotchuka ya mipando, W & J Sloane, anakhala mwiniwake wa malowo pamene anamanga kanyumba kake kanyumba mu 1894. Atagwetsa nyumba ya famu ya Rathbone's Wyndhurst ndi Beecher, Sloane anamanganso nyumba ina. Wyndhurst, yomwe inatsutsana ndi kukula ndi kukongola kwa oyambirira. Anapatsanso ntchito Frederick Law Olmsted, katswiri wodziwa zomangamanga yemwe adapanga Central Park ku New York kuti apange malowa.
Mwana wamkazi wa Sloane Evelyn atagulitsa malowa kwa gulu la omanga Florida mu 1925, malowa adayendetsedwa mwachidule ngati Berkshire Hunt ndi Country Club. Edward Cranwell ndiye anagula icho mu 1930 ndipo pambuyo pake adapereka malowo ku Sosaite of Jesus of New England mu 1939, kuti asandutsidwe sukulu yapayekha ya anyamata otchedwa wopindula wowolowa manja. Pambuyo pakugwira ntchito kwa zaka zambiri, sukuluyo idatsika, ndikutseka zitseko zake mu 1975.
Masiku ano Cranwell, yokhala ndi kukongola kwake koyambilira kwabwezeretsedwa, ikuchita bwino ngati malo ochezera azaka zinayi. Malowa ali ndi zipinda za 114 za deluxe zomwe zili m'nyumba zosiyanasiyana: Founder's Cottage, Olmstead Manor, Beecher's Cottage (omwe kale anali Coldbrooke), ndi Mansion (omwe kale anali Wyndhurst). Cranwell ndi kwawonso kwa Spa yapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ku Cranwell, imodzi mwamalo akulu kwambiri kumpoto chakum'mawa. Masewera a gofu a Cranwell's 18-hole ndi omwe adapangidwa ndi Stiles ndi Van Cleek. M'nyengo yozizira, chipale chofewa chimasandutsa msewu kukhala paradaiso wa anthu otsetsereka m'madzi. Zakudya zokometsera zimaperekedwa ku Wyndhurst wopambana mphotho wa Cranwell ndi Chipinda Choyimba, pomwe mtengo wamba umapezeka ku Sloane's Tavern chaka chonse. Chaka chilichonse, ngakhale makampani ochokera padziko lonse lapansi amasonkhana pano kuti akumane, Cranwell amasewera maukwati amitundu yonse.
Cranwell Resort ndi membala wa Historic Hotels of America, pulogalamu yovomerezeka ya National Trust for Historic Preservation. Kuti musankhidwe pa pulogalamuyi, hotelo iyenera kukhala ndi zaka zosachepera 50 zakubadwa, zolembedwa kapena zoyenerera kulowa mu National Register of Historic Places komanso zozindikirika kwanuko kuti ndizofunika mbiri yakale.
Wolembayo, Stanley Turkel, ndi wovomerezeka komanso wothandizira pamsika wama hotelo. Amagwiritsa ntchito hotelo yake, kuchereza alendo komanso kuwunikira komwe kumagwiritsa ntchito kasamalidwe ka chuma, kuwunikiridwa kwa magwiridwe antchito ndi magwiridwe antchito amgwirizano wama franchising ndi ntchito zothandizira milandu. Makasitomala ndi eni hotelo, osunga ndalama ndi mabungwe obwereketsa. Mabuku ake ndi awa: Great American Hoteliers: Apainiya a Hotel Viwanda (2009), Omangidwa Kuti Akhale Omaliza: 100+ Chaka Chakale ku New York (2011), Kumangidwa Kotsiriza: 100+ Year-Old Hotels Kum'mawa kwa Mississippi (2013) ), Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt ndi Oscar wa Waldorf (2014), ndi Great American Hoteliers Voliyumu 2: Apainiya a Hotel Viwanda (2016), onse omwe atha kuyitanidwa kuchokera ku AuthorHouse pochezera stanleystkel.com.
