Ihotele yaseMayflower, eWashington, DC yavulwa ngoFebruwari 18, 1925 kunye namagumbi eendwendwe angama-440. Yaziwa njenge “Grande Dame yaseWashington,” “Ihotele yooMongameli,” kunye “neNdlela eNgcono yeSibini yesixeko” (i-White House yeyokuqala).
Ihotele iMayflower yakhiwa ngu-Allen E. Walker ocebe ukuyibiza ngokuba yiHotele Walker. Wamgcina uWarren & Wetmore, abayili bezakhiwo ababeyile iCommodore yaseNew York, iBiltmore, iAmbassador Ritz-Carlton kunye neVanderbilt Hotels. Umzobi owongameleyo yayinguRobert F. Beresford owayesebenze kuMyili oLawulayo weSebe lezeMali kunye noMphathi weCapitol. Xa u-Walker wathengisa inzala yakhe kwi-CC Mitchell & Company, abanini abatsha batshintsha igama kwi-Mayflower Hotel ngokuhlonipha isikhumbuzo se-300th yokufika kwe-Mayflower kunye neePilgrims e-Plymouth Rock.
Iihotele zabakhenkethi zehotele iMayflower zazinegumbi lokuhlala, igumbi lokutyela, ibhafu kunye namagumbi okulala asixhenxe. Abanye babenekhitshi namagumbi okuzoba anendawo yokubasa umlilo. Ihotele ibonelela ngezinto ezingahambelaniyo nenye ihotele eMelika. Oku kubandakanya imeko yomoya kuwo onke amagumbi oluntu kunye namanzi e-ice kunye nabalandeli kuwo onke amagumbi eendwendwe. Iinkonzo zibandakanya inkonzo yenkonzo yasekhaya yonke imihla, indawo yokuhlamba impahla, indawo yokucheba iinwele, indawo yokwenza izinto ezintle, igaraji, iswitsboard yomnxeba, kunye nesibhedlele esincinci esisebenza ngugqirha. I-Mayflower ibonise iivenkile zokutyela ezintathu kunye neGrand Ballroom eneqonga leproscenium.
Ngomnyaka we-1925, iSihlomelo kuMayflower sakhiwa nge-Suite kaMongameli kunye neSekela likaMongameli. Umgangatho wesibini ukuya kwesibhozo weSihlomelo wawuneegumbi lokundwendwela ngalinye linamagumbi okulala amahlanu kunye neebhafu. Umgangatho wokuqala weSihlomelo wahlalwa yiMayflower Coffee Shop, uguqulelo olwandisiweyo lwecafé encinci encinci ekumgangatho osezantsi wehotele esele ikho. Umgangatho ongaphantsi weSihlomelo wawuhlala igumbi lokuhlambela elikhulu elalinehotele yokuqala kunye nesihlomelo.
Emva koxinzelelo olukhulu kunye neMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, i-Hilton Hotels Corporation yathenga i-Mayflower Hotel ngoDisemba ka-1946. Babenayo kwaye bayiqhuba iminyaka elishumi xa bafumana i-Statler Hotels chain. Banyanzelwa ukuba bathengise iMayflower xa urhulumente wafaka inyathelo lokulwa ukuthembela ngokuchasene noHilton.
Ukusukela ngo-1956 ukuya ku-2015, i-Mayflower Hotel yafunyanwa ngabanikazi abohlukeneyo kubandakanya i-Hotel Corporation yaseMelika, iMay-Wash Associates, iWestin Hotels & Resorts, iStouffer Corporation, iiRenaissance Hotels, iMarriott International, iWalton Street Capital kunye neRockwood Capital Inkampani.
Ihotele iMayflower ibambe iBhola yokuVulwa kukaMongameli uCalvin Coolidge kwiiveki nje ezimbini emva kokuvulwa kwayo. Yayibambe iBhola yokuVulwa rhoqo emva kweminyaka emine de yabamba ibhola yayo yokugqibela ngoJanuwari 1981. UMongameli-unyule uHerbert Hoover waseka ii-ofisi zeqela lakhe lobongameli ehotele ngoJanuwari1928, kwaye uSekela Mongameli wakhe, uCharles Curtis, wayehlala apho kwenye yehotele amagumbi eendwendwe ebudeni beminyaka emine ese-ofisini. I-Louisiana Senator Huey Long naye wayehlala e-Mayflower, ethatha ii-suites ezisibhozo ehotele ukusukela nge-25 kaJanuwari, 1932, ukuya nge-Matshi 1934. Umongameli-onyulwe uFranklin D. Roosevelt uchithe ngoMatshi 2 no-3 e-Suites 776 no-781 eMayflower Hotel ngaphambi kokumiselwa kwakhe. ngoMatshi 4, 1932.
Iziganeko ezibini ezibalulekileyo ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi zenzeka ngoMayflower. NgoJuni 1942, uGeorge John Dasch kunye nezinye iintlola ezisixhenxe ezivela kwiJamani yamaNazi bangena eUnited States emva kokuba bethunyelwe kunxweme lwaseMelika ngenkwili. Iinjongo zabo, ezibizwa ngokuba yi-Operation Pastorius, yayikukuzibandakanya kwi-sabotage ngokuchasene nezixhobo eziphambili zase-US. Kodwa emva kokudibana ne-United States Guard Guard emva kokufika, uDasch wagqiba kwelokuba icebo alinamsebenzi. NgoJuni 19, 1942, wangena kwigumbi elingama-351 kwihotele iMayflower kwaye kwangoko wangcatsha amaqabane akhe. Kwiinyanga ezilishumi elinesibhozo kamva, ikomiti yeAmerican Legion yadibana kwiGumbi 570 eMayflower Ihotele ukusukela nge-15 ukuya ku-31 kuDisemba, ngo-1943, ukuyila umthetho wokunceda ukubuyela kwamalungu omkhosi abuyele eluntwini. Umthetho wabo ocetywayo, i-Servicemen's Readjustment Act ka-1944- eyaziwa ngokungacwangciswanga njenge-GI Bill- yafakwa kuyilo lokugqibela kwindawo yokubhala yehotele iMayflower.
Kabini, iMayflower ibe yindawo apho kwamiselwa khona iphulo likamongameli wase-US, kwaye kabini yabamba iminyhadala ebonakalise ukuba ijika amanqaku kulonyulo lukamongameli. Ngo-Matshi 1931, uFranklin D. Roosevelt wayegqobhoza noAlfred Smith kunyulo lukaMongameli kwi-Democratic Republic ngo-1932. Ukwazi ukuba uRoosevelt uzinikele ngasese ekurhoxiseni iSithintelo kodwa engakwenzanga oko esidlangalaleni, uRaskob uzame ukunyanzela i-DNC, emva koko yadibana e-Mayflower Hotel, ukuba yamkele iplanga "elimanzi" (okanye ukurhoxisa) eqongeni. Endaweni yokuzoba uRoosevelt, lo mkhwa wacaphukisa kakhulu uMzantsi "owomileyo" (anti-repeal) Iidemokhrasi ezamshiya uSmith kwaye zaphosa inkxaso yazo kuRovelvelt owayesolunge ngakumbi kwaye wamnceda ukukhusela ukutyunjwa. Ngo-1948, uMongameli uHarry S. Truman waxelela abaphulaphuli abachwayitileyo bamaYoung Democrats aseMelika kwisidlo sangokuhlwa eMayflower ngomhla we-14 kuMeyi ukuba wayezimisele ukuphinda anyulwe kwakhona ngo-1948. Owayesakuba yi-Peace Corps kunye noMlawuli we-Opportunity Opportunity Director uSargent Shriver wabhengeza ukuqhuba uMongameli wase-United States eMayflower ngoSeptemba 20, 1975. Iphulo elaphumelela ngakumbi laqala apho xa uSenator Barack Obama evala unyulo luka-2008 lwedemokhrasi kuMongameli nge-3 kaJuni ka-2008. UHillary Clinton wakwamkela ukutyunjwa kuka-Obama ngoJuni 7 kwaye wazisa u-Obama malunga ne-300 yabanikeli bakhe abakhokelayo kwintlanganiso eMayflower ngoJuni 26, 2008.
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.
Incwadi yakhe entsha ipapashwe ngu-AuthorHouse: “Ihotele Mavens Umqulu 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Plant, Carl Graham Fisher.”
Ezinye iincwadi ezipapashiweyo:
- Ihotele eNkulu yaseMelika: Oovulindlela boShishino lweehotele (2009)
• Yakhelwe Ukugqibela: Iihotele ezili-100 + zeNdala eNew York (2011)
• Eyakhelwe ukuGcina: i-100 + zeMinyaka eNdala yeehotele eMpuma ye-Mississippi (2013)
• Ihotele iMavens: uLucius M. Boomer, uGeorge C. Boldt no-Oscar waseWaldorf (2014)
• I-Great American Hoteliers Umqulu 2: Oovulindlela beshishini leehotele (2016)
• Eyakhelwe ukuGcina: i-100 nangaphezulu iihotele ezindala eNtshona eMississippi (2017)
Zonke ezi ncwadi zinokuodolwa kwi-AuthorHouse, ngokundwendwela www.stanleyturkel.com nangokucofa isihloko sencwadi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Company, the new owners changed the name to the Mayflower Hotel in honor of the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower and the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock.
- The first floor of the Annex was occupied by the Mayflower Coffee Shop, a vastly expanded version of the original small café located on the ground floor of the existing hotel.
- Services included daily maid service, a laundry, a barber shop, a beauty salon, a garage, a telephone switchboard, and a small hospital staffed by a doctor.
