Indlu yokuqala yasePalmer yakhiwa ngo-1871 nguPotter Palmer owaqala umsebenzi wakhe njengonobhala webhanki kumantla eNew York. Emva kwexesha waba ngumnini wevenkile eyomileyo eChicago apho waguqula khona urhwebo lokuthengisa. Wayengowokuqala ukwenza imiboniso emikhulu yeefestile, ukusebenzisa iindawo ezinkulu zentengiso, ukuthumela iimpahla ekuvunyelweni emakhaya kunye nokubamba ukuthengisa. Waba yindoda ekhanyayo yehotele njengoko wayesebenzisa iindlela zakhe zokugcina ivenkile ekusebenzeni kwehotele yakhe. Khange abone sizathu sokuba oomabhalana, abapheki kunye nabalindisi beentloko kungafuneki ukuba babe phantsi koqeqesho olufanayo nabantu abahamba imigangatho kunye nabadlali bokutsiba. IGazethi yehotele ithe inokubonwa ngazo zonke iiyure kwigumbi lokungenisa kunye neepaseji zePalmer House zibukele kwaye ziqondisa.
Kukho iihotele ezintathu ezahlukeneyo zasePalmer House. Eyokuqala, eyaziwa ngokuba yiPalmer, yakhiwa njengesipho somtshato esivela kuPotter Palmer kumtshakazi wakhe uBertha Honorè. Yavulwa ngoSeptemba 26, 1871, kodwa ngokumangalisayo yatshatyalaliswa ngomlilo kwiintsuku ezilishumi elinesithathu kamva kwi-Great Chicago Fire. UPalmer waphinda wakha kwakhona iPalmer House eyaphinda yavulwa ngo-1875. Yapapashwa njenge "Hotele yeHlabathi yoBungqina boMlilo kuphela" kwaye yayinendawo yokwamkela iindwendwe enkulu, amagumbi okuzonwabisa, iiparlors eziphucukileyo, iisuti zomtshato, iikhefi kunye neendawo zokutyela. Le hotele yatsala abahlali abasisigxina ababenandipha iindawo zokuhlala eziphangaleleyo, amagumbi okulala aphezulu, amagumbi okulala, amagumbi okuhlambela amaninzi, ugcino lwezindlu kunye neenkonzo zeporter. Ngo-1925, uPalmer wakha ihotele entsha enemigangatho engama-25 eyaphakanyiswa njengeyona hotele inkulu ehlabathini. Abayili bezakhiwo yayinguHolabird kunye noRoche ababedume kakhulu ngeSikolo sabo saseChicago sezakhiwo eziphakamileyo. Bakwayile iStevens Hotel, iCook County Courthouse, iChicago City Hall kunye neMuehlebach Hotel eKansas City.
Indlu entsha yasePalmer yayikhe yakhunjulwa ngenxa yokuba iidola zesilivere ezingama-225 zazifakwe kumgangatho wethayile we-checkerboard kwindawo yokucheba.
Baye babekwa apho nguWilliam S. Eaton, umqeshwa wevenkile, owafumana imali ngombono kwiminyaka embalwa elandelayo. Wonke umntu wayefuna ukubona loo mgangatho kuba efuna ukwazi okanye ukuqinisekisa ukuba umchebi unokubonisa imali yakhe.
Njengomnye wexesha elide-elisebenza iihotele eMelika, i Palmer House inoluhlu olubalaseleyo lweendwendwe ezidumileyo kuquka wonke umongameli ukususela Ulysses S. Grant, iinkokeli zehlabathi ezininzi, abantu abadumileyo kunye nabashukumisi Chicago kunye shakers. Igumbi loBukhosi kwiPalmer House laba yindawo yokubonisa eChicago. Ngexesha loMboniso weHlabathi we-1933, iqela elingaziwayo lomdaniso we-ballroom, u-Veloz no-Yolanda baphumelela iintliziyo zedolophu kwaye badlala khona ixesha elingaphezu konyaka. Balandelwa ngabasonwabisa abaphilayo kuquka uGuy Lombardo, uTed Lewis, uSophie Tucker, uEddie Duchin, uHildegarde, uCarol Channing, uPhyllis Diller, uBobby Darin, uJimmy Durante, uLou Rawls, uMaurice Chevalier, uLiberace, uLouis Armstrong, uHarry Belafonte, uPeggy Lee, UFrank Sinatra, uJudy Garland kunye noElla Fitzgerald, phakathi kwabanye.
Ngo-1945, uConrad Hilton waya eChicago ukuya kuthenga iStevens Hotel, eyona hotele inkulu ehlabathini enamagumbi angamawaka amathathu kunye neebhafu ezingamawaka amathathu. Emva kothethathethwano olude noStephen A. Healy, umnini-kontraka ongusozigidi kunye nowayesakuba ngumakhi wezitena, uHilton wafumana iStevens. Kamva kwakuloo nyaka, uHilton wathenga iPalmer House kuPotter Palmer nge-$19,385,000. U-Hilton uqeshe uColonel Joseph Binns woMkhosi woMkhosi woMkhosi woMkhosi wase-US osandul' ukukhutshwa owayenamandla okulawula zombini iihotele. UHilton unike ingxelo kwingxelo yakhe ethi “Yiba lundwendwe lwam”: “Bendiye eChicago ngethemba lokuthenga umgodi omnye wegolide ndaza ndagoduka nezimbini.”
Kwi-1971, i-Palmer House igubha iminyaka eyi-100 yokuzalwa kwayo. Octogenarian uConrad Hilton ebekhona kwimibhiyozo. USodolophu waseChicago uRichard J. Daly uthe, “Kulo lonke ilizwe nakwihlabathi, alikho iziko lehotele elaziwa okanye elibekeke ngaphezu kwePalmer House. …. Abantu abebengena bephuma kwisixeko sethu bacinga ngePalmer House xa becinga ngeChicago. ”
Ngo-2005, i-Palmer House yafunyanwa yi-Thor Equities kwi-240 yezigidi zeedola. UJoseph A. Sitt, umongameli we-Thor, waqalisa ukulungiswa kwezigidi ezingama-170 zeerandi ezibandakanya ukuphuculwa kwamagumbi ayi-1,000 1,639 (kuma-XNUMX xa ewonke), esongeza igaraji yokupaka ngaphantsi komhlaba, esusa uthotho lwemiphunzo yomlilo eyonakalisa ulwakhiwo lwesitalato sikaRhulumente kunye nokongeza ibha entsha kunye nendawo yokutyela kwindawo yokungenisa iindwendwe ehotele. Mhlawumbi uncwadi lwentengiso lwePalmer House Hilton luthi kungcono:
Ibekwe nje iibhloko ezisuka kwiMagnificent Mile kunye nedolophu yaseChicago Theatre, isipho somtshato esivela kuPotter Palmer siyaqhubeka nokuvuyisa abahambi abadiniweyo kunye neyona ndwendwe ifunwa kakhulu.
IPalmer House Hilton lilungu leMbali yeeHotele zaseMelika inkqubo yeTrasti yeSizwe yoLondolozo lweMbali. Yayiyihotele yokuqala yaseChicago eneelevator, kunye nehotele yokuqala eneebhalbhu zombane kunye neefowuni kumagumbi eendwendwe. Nangona le hotele ibizwa ngokuba yeyona hotele inde ngokuqhubekayo kuMntla Merika, yavalwa ngoMatshi ka-2020 ngenxa yobhubhani we-Covid-19 kwaye yaphinda yavulwa nge-17 kaJuni ngo-2021.
UStanley Turkel waqeshwa njengoMbali ka2020 woNyaka ziiMbali iihotele zaseMelika, inkqubo esemthethweni yeNational Trust yoLondolozo lweMbali, awayethe wabizwa ngalo ngaphambili ngo-2015 nango-2014. UTurkel ngoyena mcebisi wehotele upapashwe ngokubanzi eMelika. Usebenza indawo yakhe yokubonisana ehotele esebenza njengengqina lengcali kumatyala anxulumene neehotele, ebonelela ngolawulo lweeasethi kunye nokubonisana ngokuthengisa imali ehotele. Uqinisekisiwe njenge-Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus yiZiko leMfundo le-American Hotel kunye ne-Lodging Association. [imeyile ikhuselwe] 917-628-8549
Incwadi yakhe entsha ethi "Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2" isandula kupapashwa.
Ezinye iincwadi zeehotele ezipapashiweyo:
• Abanini beehotele abakhulu baseMelika: Oovulindlela beshishini leehotele (2009)
Yakhelwe ukuGqibela: Iihotele ezili-100 + zeNdala eNew York (ngo-2011)
Yakhelwe Ukugqibela: I-100 + i-Old-Old Hotels kwi-East ye-Mississippi (ngo-2013)
• Ihotele iMavens: uLucius M. Boomer, uGeorge C. Boldt, uOscar waseWaldorf (2014)
• Abanini beehotele abakhulu baseMelika uMqulu 2: Oovulindlela beshishini leehotele (2016)
Yakhelwe Ukugqibela: Ii-100 + zeMinyaka eliDala kwiihotele zaseNtshona eMississippi (2017)
Ihotele Mavens Umqulu 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Plant, Carl Graham Fisher (2018)
• I-Great American American Architects Umqulu I (2019)
• Ihotele iMavens: Umqulu 3: Bob kunye noLarry Tisch, uRalph Hitz, uCesar Ritz, Curt Strand
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- USitt, umongameli waseThor, waqalisa ukulungiswa kwe-170 yezigidi zeedola ezibandakanya ukuphuculwa kwamagumbi angama-1,000 (ngaphandle kwe-1,639 iyonke), wongeza igaraji yokupaka engaphantsi komhlaba, esusa uthotho lokubaleka komlilo okonakalise i-facade yeState Street kunye nokongeza ibha entsha kunye kwindawo yokutyela….
- I-Hotel Gazette ithe wayenokubonwa ngazo zonke iiyure kwindawo yokwamkela iindwendwe kunye neepaseji zePalmer House ebukele kwaye eyalathisa.
- Ngo-1945, uConrad Hilton waya eChicago ukuya kuthenga iStevens Hotel, eyona hotele inkulu ehlabathini enamagumbi angamawaka amathathu kunye neebhafu ezingamawaka amathathu.
