Hotelo yoyamba kuphatikiza ku Washington DC: Wormley Hotel

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Poyambirira, Wormley Hotel makamaka inali yolemera komanso yamphamvu ya azungu azungu mzindawu, ndipo mbiri yake ili ndi zopotoza zosangalatsa zomwe zikuzifanizira ndi masiku ano aposachedwa okhudza zisankho, ukulu wa White, ndi chipwirikiti.

  1. Hotelo ya Wormley inali malo ochitirako misonkhano ya osankhika akuda ndi oyera komanso alendo odziwika.
  2. Hotelo yoyamba ku Washington, DC, kukhala ndi chikepe ndi telefoni yolumikizidwa pa switchboard yoyamba yamzindawu.
  3. Nyumba ya nsanjika zisanu inali ndi zipinda 150, kuphatikiza bala, barbershop, ndi chipinda chodyera chodziwika bwino padziko lonse chomwe chimadziwika ndi zakudya zake.

James Wormley, wochita bizinesi wakuda wazaka za m'ma XNUMX, adatsegula hotelo yoyamba ku Washington, DC Ankadziwikanso ndi luso lake lochita bizinesi komanso kuyesetsa kupeza ndalama zokwanira kusukulu zoyambirira za Washington, DC, za anthu aku America.

Wormley adabadwa kwa Pere Leigh ndi Mary Wormley. Makolo onsewa adakhala ngati anthu omasuka komanso antchito okhala ndi banja lolemera ku Virginia asanasamukire Washington, DC, mu 1814. Pa Januware 16, 1819, pomwe amakhala mnyumba yaying'ono, yazipinda ziwiri, yomanga njerwa yomwe ili pa E Street, pafupi ndi Fourteenth Street, kumpoto chakumadzulo, James adabadwa. Abambo ake anali ndi bizinesi yoyendetsa magalimoto a hackney, yomwe adagula $ 175. Kupezeka pagawo la hotelo ku Washington pa Pennsylvania Avenue kunalola kuti bizinesi yake iyende bwino. James, wamkulu pa ana asanu, adapeza ntchito yake yoyamba kumeneko. James adayamba kuyendetsa yekha, kuphunzira luso lake, ndikuwakhulupirira, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti azilamulira malonda a hotelo ziwiri zikuluzikulu, National ndi Willard. Ambiri mwa omwe amamugwirira ntchito, ena mwa anthu olemera kwambiri komanso nzika zaku Washington, adakhala othandizira moyo wawo wonse.

Mu 1841, Wormley anakwatira Anna Thompson waku Norfolk, Virginia. Kuchokera mgwirizanowu kunabadwa ana amuna atatu ndi mwana wamkazi: William HA, James Thompson, Garret Smith, ndi Anna M. Cole. Mwana wake wamwamuna wachiwiri, a James Thompson, adakhala woyamba kumaliza Sukulu ya Pharmacy ku Howard University. Mu 1849, ali ndi zaka 30, Wormley adapita ku California kukafunafuna golide ndipo pambuyo pake adakhala woyang'anira pa Sitima ya Mississippi ndi zombo zingapo zankhondo. Atabwerera ku Washington, Wormley adalumikizana ndi abwenzi ake ena ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito maluso ake atsopanowa kuti akhale woyang'anira ku Metropolitan Club yapamwamba ku Washington, DC Mosiyana ndi abambo ake, adapeza zoyambira zamaphunziro m'masukulu akumidzi ndipo adalimbikitsidwa maluso ake pabizinesi komanso olumikizana nawo. Zotsatira zake, nkhondo yoyamba yapachiweniweni isanayambe, adapeza ndalama zokwanira ndikuthandizira kuti atsegule bizinesi yodyera mu I Street pafupi ndi Fifteenth, pafupi ndi malo ogulitsira maswiti a mkazi wake.

Mu 1868, Senator wa ku Maryland Reverdy Johnson adasankhidwa kukhala Minister ku England. Anali atamva kuti Wormley amadziwika kuti ndi wodyetsa ndipo adaganiza zomupatsa udindo woti azimusamalira. Ngakhale anali ndi mkazi ndi ana anayi, Wormley adavomera, ndipo adasamukira kudera lina lalikulu pafupi ndi White House. Pamalo awa, mothandizidwa ndi Woimira ku US a Samuel J. Hooper, mnzake wosalankhula komanso mwini dzina, Wormley adatsegula hotelo yokongola yomwe idadziwika kuti Wormley Hotel. Katundu wakale pa I Street adagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati cholumikizira ku hotelo. Nyumba ya nsanjika zisanu inali ndi zipinda 150, kuphatikiza bala, barbershop, ndi chipinda chodyera chodziwika bwino padziko lonse chomwe chimadziwika ndi zakudya zake. Imadziwikanso chifukwa cha zipinda zake zoyendetsedwa bwino ndipo idakhala hotelo yoyamba ku Washington, DC, kukhala ndi chikepe ndi foni yolumikizidwa ndi switchboard yoyamba mzindawo. Kwa zaka zopitilira makumi awiri hoteloyi inali malo osonkhanira achikulire akuda ndi Oyera komanso alendo akunja.

Zinanenedwa kuti hotelo ya Wormley makamaka inali yolemera komanso yamphamvu ya White azungu mzindawu koma mdzukulu wa Wormley, Imogene adawonetsa kuti anthu amtunduwu ndi alendo kuhoteloyo. Munthu m'modzi makamaka anali nduna ya Haiti komanso katswiri wodziwika waku Africa. Edward Wilmot Blyden. Alendo ena odziwika, abwenzi, ndi ogwirizana nawo anali George Riggs, wogulitsa kubanki, William Wilson Corcoran, wopereka mphatso zachifundo komanso wachuma, komanso Senator waku US a Charles Sumner, omwe amapitako ku Wormley Hotel.

Mothandizidwa ndi Wormley, a Sumner, waku Republican waku Massachusetts komanso wochotsa maboma, adalimbikitsa Congress kuti ipereke malamulo opezera ndalama masukulu oyamba aboma ku Washington, DC, aku Black American. Chifukwa cha kuyesaku, mu 1885, sukulu yotchedwa Wormley Elementary School for the Colors idamangidwa ku Georgetown pamtunda wa 1952 ndi Prospect Street. Sukuluyi, chipilala chomaliza chotsimikizira za moyo ndi nthawi ya Wormley, idakhalabe sukulu ya Azungu mpaka 1994. Pambuyo pake, idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati malo ophunzitsira ophunzira osowa mwapadera. Nyumbayi idatsutsidwa mu 1997 ndipo idagulidwa ku XNUMX ndi Georgetown University ndi cholinga chokhazikitsa ndondomeko yake yomaliza maphunziro. Tsoka ilo, yunivesite pambuyo pake idaganiza zogulitsa malowo.

Wormley adapitilizabe kuyendetsa hotelo yake ndikuwonjezera malo ake. M'zaka za m'ma 1870 ndi 1880, Wormley ndi mwana wake wamwamuna woyamba kubadwa, William, anali ndi nyumba ziwiri zakumidzi pafupi ndi Peirce Mill Road pafupi ndi Fort Reno kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Washington, DC

Pambuyo pa chisankho cha Purezidenti waku US chaka cha Novembala 2021, akatswiri, oweruza milandu komanso omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe adasokoneza mbiri yazidziwitso, chitsogozo komanso zifukwa zina. Mosalephera, chisankho cha Purezidenti cha 1876 chikubwera.

Zisankho za chisankhochi ndizodziwika bwino kwa akatswiri azambiriyakale, koma ngakhale atakhala kuti sakudziwa gawo lalikulu lomwe wochita bizinesi wakuda ndi hotelo yake yokongola ku Washington adasewera pamasewerawa. Mpikisano wa 1876, womwe udatsutsana ndi Republican Rutherford B. Hayes motsutsana ndi Democrat a Samuel J. Tilden, anali pafupi kwambiri kuti angayitanidwe mosavuta. Zotsatira zake zinali zovuta kwa miyezi ingapo.

Pofuna kulengeza wopambana, Congress pamapeto pake idakhazikitsa komiti yoyendetsa zisankho yoyang'anira kuchuluka kwa mavoti m'maiko omwe akukangana ku Louisiana, South Carolina ndi Florida. Maiko atatu akumwera onse anali ndi maboma ogwiritsira ntchito ma carpet ndipo adakhalabe ndi asitikali ankhondo ngati gawo lakumanganso.

Bungweli, pamalingaliro omwe amadziwika kuti ndi odetsedwa, lidasankha chisankho kwa a Hayes, omwe adataya voti yotchuka koma, chifukwa cha ntchito ya bungweli, adapambana Electoral College ndi voti imodzi, 185 mpaka 184, ndipo ndi purezidenti.

Mtunduwo udachitapo kanthu posamukira kumapeto kwa chipwirikiti. Washington inali yodzaza ndi mphekesera komanso kuwopseza kuphimba kwachiwawa kuchokera kwa a Democrats. Mkonzi wa "malaya amwazi" m'nyuzipepala yotsogola ku Republic anachenjeza kuti ziwawa zilizonse zochokera kwa a Democrats zitha kukumana ndi ziwawa. Tilden adalimbikitsa wojambula, yemwe akanatha kutha nthawi yayitali m'masiku akuchepa kwa Grant.

Dziko lamanjenje lidakumbukira Nkhondo ya Liberty Place mu 1874 ku New Orleans, pomwe asitikali akuda adagwiritsidwa ntchito poyesa kuthana ndi gulu lachifumu loyera lomwe likufuna kulanda boma la carpetbagger. Kutha kwandale pamkangano wamagaziwu kudapangitsa ma Democrat kuti aziyang'anira nyumbayo, kuwonetsa kutha kwakumangidwanso kwakukulu ndi kuyamba kwa boma la Jim Crow. Onse awiri akuwopa kuti kusakhazikika kwamphamvu ku Washington kungasokonezenso dzikolo. Atumiki onse m'misasa ya Hayes ndi Tilden adaganiza zokakumana mwachinsinsi ku Wormley Hotel kuti akambirane za zisankho. Unali wodziwika chifukwa cha zipinda zake zoyendetsedwa bwino komanso zakudya zapadziko lonse lapansi ndipo sunangodzitama ndi chikepe chokha komanso imodzi mwama foni oyamba likulu.

Ngakhale Tilden kapena Hayes sanapezekepo pamisonkhano ya Wormley, onse anali osungidwa ndi telegalamu. "Mgwirizano wachinsinsi," womwe pambuyo pake umadziwika kuti Compromise wa 1877, udachitika Lolemba, Feb. 26, 1877, kutatsala masiku ochepa kuti bungwe la Grant lithe. Chigwirizanocho chinapangitsa kuti ntchito yomanganso itheretu, chifukwa omwe anali mgwirizanowu ndi a Haye adapereka chitsimikizo kwa omwe kale anali a Confederate kuti pobweza zisankho, asitikali aku US achotsedwa ndipo mabomawo apatsidwanso ufulu "wowongolera zochita zawo. ”

Patadutsa masiku awiri msonkhano wachisoni ku Wormley, mafunde adasinthiratu, pomwe Spika wa Nyumba Samuel J. Randall (D-Pa.) Adadzibweza, adatseka operekera zisudzo, kulola kuti magulu ankhondo a Hayes alamulire. Adalengezedwa kuti apambana pa Marichi 2 nthawi ya 4:10 AM ndipo adalumbirira mwakachetechete ku White House m'mawa womwewo.

Mavuto azisankho atatha, Purezidenti Hayes adalamula asitikali aku US kuti achoke kumwera. Koma posakhalitsa adakhumudwitsidwa ndi kuwonongeka kwa chisankhochi polola omwe anali asitikali a Confederate Army kuti apezenso mphamvu zandale pazaka 130 zikubwerazi. Anasiya ntchito patatha nthawi yayitali ndipo pambuyo pake adagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zambiri pazinthu zakuda.

Wormley adapitilizabe kuyendetsa hotelo yake, yomwe idakhalabe nyumba yokondedwa ya anthu osiyanasiyana. Anakulitsa malo ake, natenga zovomerezeka pazida zotetezera bwato ndikumenyera maphunziro abwino kwa ana akuda. Anali ndi zaka 65 atamwalira pambuyo pa opareshoni yamwala a impso ku Boston pa Okutobala 18, 1884. Chaka chotsatira Sukulu ya Wormley ku Georgetown idakhazikitsidwa pomupatsa ulemu.

Sizikudziwika ngati a James Wormley adanenapo momwe "malonda" adakwaniritsira mu hotelo yawo zidapangitsa kuti anthu aku America achite zachinyengo, koma adapitilizabe kulimbana ndi tsankho ndikusiya maziko olimba amikhalidwe yabanja.

Hoteloyo idalandira alendo odziwika, kuphatikiza a Frederick Douglass, a American American Congressman a John Mercer Langston, ndi a Thomas Edison. Wormley analinso wachinsinsi komanso wolandila anthu ena odziwika kwambiri m'zaka za zana la chisanu ndi chinayi: Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Henry Wilson, ndi Purezidenti Abraham Lincoln ndi James Garfield.

A James Wormley adamwalira ku Boston, Massachusetts, atachitidwa opareshoni pa Okutobala 18, 1884. Wormley House idapitilirabe mpaka idagulitsidwa mu 1893.

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