Ihotele eyaziwayo i-del Coronado ngumzekelo obalaseleyo wobugcisa bokwakha baseVictoria obonelela ngeyona ndawo intle kakhulu neyona ndawo idumileyo yokuchithela ulwandle eMelika.

I-Del yakhawulwa ngoosomashishini abaphakathi kwintshona-ntshona, uElisha Babcock, Omnci kunye no-Hampton L. Ibali abathenga iihektare ezingama-4,100 ezingaphuhliswanga kusingasiqithi weCoronado nge $ 110,000. U-Babcock wayengumlawuli kaloliwe odla umhlala-phantsi ovela e-Evansville, eIndiana kunye naseMbali umnini weNkampani yeNkampani kunye neClark Piano eChicago.

U-Babcock kunye ne-Story baqesha i-Reid & Reid eqinile eyakha i-James W. Reid (1851-1943), u-Merrit J. Reid (1855-1932) kunye no-Watson E. Reid (1858-1944) ababehlala e-Evansville, e-Indiana. Ukufika eCoronado, uJames Reid wathi, “Ngosuku olulandelayo, umntu onokufunyanwa eCoronado kuphela ngoDisemba, sonke sityelele ulwandle. Akukho ndawo intle ibinokufunyanwa. ”

Ulwakhiwo luqale ngo-Matshi 1887 ngabasebenzi abaninzi baseTshayina abangaqeqeshwanga ekufuneka beqeqeshelwe umsebenzi ngabachweli abaziingcibi, abatywini kunye nezinye iingcibi zaseSan Francisco nase-Oakland. Ekugqibeleni uBabcock wafumana abasebenzi aboneleyo kwindawo yokwakha iiyure ezingamashumi amabini anesine ngosuku.

Ukunqongophala kwamaplanga kusonjululwe ngezivumelwano zamalungelo awodwa kuwo onke imveliso yemithi eluhlaza yeDolbeer kunye neCarson Lumber Inkampani yase-Eureka, California. I-Reid yakha amatye okusila, iipilisi, ivenkile yentsimbi kunye neentsimbi ezisebenza kwisiza. Ukukhawulezisa ulwakhiwo, uReid wafaka iitanki zamanzi, izitshizi zokuhambisa amandla omxhuzulane, amaqula amabini amakhulu okugcina amanzi emvula kunye neziko lokuqala leoyile kwihotele entsha. Inkampani yeMather Electric ifake ukukhanya kombane, umhlaba wokuqala. Izitena zagxothwa eontini eyakhiwe kufutshane ngqo neprojekthi kunye nelitye elivela kumatye e-Temecula Canyon lanikezelwa yiNkampani yaseSan Diego Granite. Okwangoku, izihlalo zangasese ziyalelwa zivela eNgilani, e-China zivela e-France, izinto zeglasi ezivela eBelgium, iiyadi ezingama-21,000 zekhaphethi ezisuka eLowell, eMassachusetts kunye nezitulo zomthi ezivela kumenzi wefanitshala eBoston. Umphathi jikelele wokuqala wehotele, uJohn B. Seghere, kwafuneka aphindaphindwe kabini njengomhlobisi wangaphakathi.

Ngelishwa, xa i-Hotel del Coronado entsha ekhangayo ivulwa ngoFebruwari 1888, umhlaba wasemazantsi eCalifornia wawa. U-Babcock kunye ne-Story bafumene inkxaso-mali eyongezelelweyo ku-John D. Spreckels, u-Captain Charles T. Hinde, u-HW Mallett no-Giles Kellogg. Ngo-1890, i-Spreckels ekugqibeleni yathenga zombini i-Babcock kunye neNdaba. Usapho lakwaSpreckels lwagcina ubunini be "Del" kude kube ngo-1948.

Isakhiwo sokuqala esinemigangatho emihlanu sihlala sihleli kwaye sisetyenziswa ngokupheleleyo kunye namacandelo amabini amatsha kufutshane nolwandle. Igumbi lesithsaba lisajongwa njengelinye lezona zakhiwo zibalaseleyo emhlabeni kunye nophahla lwayo oluphezulu lweswekile olubanjwe kunye nezikhonkwane zomthi. Akukho zikhonkwane okanye inkxaso yangaphakathi kwaye iminyaka emininzi ithathwa njengeyona ndawo inkulu engenakholamu eMelika.

Emva kwexesha elifutshane lobunini nguRobert A. Nordblom, umthengisi wehotele waseKansas uBarney Goodman kunye nosomashishini waseSan Diego uJohn S. Alessio, owazalwa eChicago uM. Larry Lawrence waba ngumnini ngo-1963. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ezayo, i-40 yezigidi zeedola zachithwa ukulungisa kunye ukutshintsha imibhobho, umbane, ukufudumeza, ukungena komoya kunye neerhasi zokupheka. Ngenxa yokuba i-Del sesona sakhiwo sikhulu somthi emhlabeni, uLawrence wafaka enye yeenkqubo zokuchela zeGrinnell ezibiza kakhulu ukubonelela ngokhuseleko lomlilo. Uye wakha iZiko leNgqungquthela laseGrande Hall ukwenza iDel yenye yezona ntlanganiso zinkulu kunye neyona ndawo iphumeleleyo kwindibano nakwiindibano. Ihotele iphantse yaqulatha ngokwazo ezi zinto zilandelayo zasemva kwendlu: ivenkile yokuthengisa inyama, ivenkile yokubhaka, i-upholstery kunye neevenkile zefanitshala; zombane, imibhobho yamanzi, iivenkile zoomatshini; igumbi lokuhlambela ngaphakathi kunye nendawo yokucoca eyomileyo.

U-Lawrence wayehlonitshwa kakhulu ngenxa yokuzenzela kwakhe impumelelo yezemali, kodwa akukho nto ayenzileyo awayeyithanda ngaphezu kokubuyiselwa kwenye yezona ndawo zimbali zakha zantle ehlabathini, igama elikhulu leendawo zokungcebeleka ngaselwandle zaseMelika- ihotele del Coronado.

Kuthiwa uninzi lwabantu abadumileyo kwezobugcisa, ezolonwabo, ezemidlalo kunye nezopolitiko batyelele iHotel del Coronado kunayo nayiphi na enye ihotele eMntla Melika. Iindwendwe ezaziwayo zibandakanya uThomas Edison, uCharlie Chaplin, uKing Kalakaua waseHawaii, uVincent Price, uBabe Ruth, uJames Stewart, uBette Davis noKatherine Hepburn. Kutshanje, iindwendwe zibandakanyile uKevin Costner, uWhoopi Goldberg, uGene Hackman, uGeorge Harrison, uBrad Pitt, uMadonna, uBarbra Streisand kunye no-Oprah Winfrey.

Aba Mongameli balandelayo bahlala ehotele: uBenjamin Harrison, uWilliam McKinley, uWilliam Howard Taft, uWoodrow Wilson, uFranklin Roosevelt, uDwight D. Eisenhower, uJohn F. Kennedy, uLyndon B. Johnson, uRichard Nixon, uGerald Ford, uJimmy Carter, uRonald UReagan, uGeorge HW Bush, uBill Clinton, uGeorge W. Bush kunye noBarack Obama.

Ngelixa i-Del ibiyindawo yeemovie ezininzi, mhlawumbi eyona idumileyo Abanye bayayithanda (Ngo-1959), eneenkwenkwezi uMarilyn Monroe, uJack Lemmon kunye noTony Curtis.

Ihotele del Coronado yongezwa kwiRejista yeSizwe yeeNdawo zeMbali ngo-1971 kwaye yonyulwa njengeMbali yeSizwe yeMbali ngo-1977.

Ngo-Matshi ka-2016, iBlackstone yathengisa iiQhinga leeNdawo zokuHlala neeNdawo zokuHlala kwiQela le-Inshurensi yase-Anbang, inkampani yase-China yase-Beijing ye-inshurensi, kwisivumelwano se- $ 6.5 yezigidigidi esibandakanya iipropathi ezili-16 zehotele zaseMelika kubandakanya iHotel del Coronado. Ishumi elinesihlanu kweshumi elinesithandathu basiwa kwangoko eAnbang. Nangona kunjalo, intengiso ye-Hotel del Coronado yabanjwa ngenxa yenkxalabo ebonakaliswe yi-arhente ye-arhente ye-arhente yotyalo-mali lwangaphandle e-United States, ephonononga ukufunyanwa kwamashishini ase-US ngabatyali bamanye amazwe kwimingcipheko yokhuseleko lwesizwe. I-arhente yayixhalabile ngokusondela kwehotele kwiziseko ezinkulu zomkhosi waselwandle eSan Diego. Ngo-Okthobha u-2016 kwaxelwa ukuba isivumelwano siwile kwaye ihotele izakuhlala kubanini beBlackstone.

Nge-Agasti ka-2017, iihotele kunye neehotele zaseHilton zathatha ulawulo lweHotele del Coronado njengenxalenye yeNgqokelela yeCurio.

* ikhutshiwe kwincwadi yam ethi "Yakhelwe ukuGcina: i-100 + i-Old-Old Hotels kwiNtshona ye-Mississippi" AuthorHouse 2017

Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, ligunya elaziwayo kunye nomcebisi kwishishini lehotele. Uqhuba ihotele yakhe, ukubuk 'iindwendwe kunye nokuziqhelanisa nokubonisana ngokukodwa kulawulo lweeasethi, uphicotho-zincwadi olusebenzayo kunye nokusebenza kwezivumelwano zokuthengisa ngokuthengisa kunye nokunikezelwa kwenkxaso yesimangalo. Abathengi ngabanini behotele, abatyali mali, kunye namaziko abolekisa ngemali.

“Abayili Bezakhiwo Ezinkulu BaseMelika”

Incwadi yam yesibhozo yehotele ineembali ezilishumi elinambini eziyile iihotele ezingama-94 ukusuka ngo-1878 ukuya kowe-1948: iWarren & Wetmore, iSchultze & Weaver, uJulia Morgan, uEmery Roth, uMcKim, uMead noMhlophe, uHenry J. Hardenbergh, uCarrere kunye noHastings, uMulliken noMoeller, UMary Elizabeth Jane Colter, iTrowbridge kunye no-Livingston, uGeorge B. Post kunye noonyana.

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