Shafin da Grand Hotel ke zaune a yau ya ga otal-otal biyu da suka gabata da aka ambata sunayensu, kuma yankin da ke kewaye da otal ɗin da filayen yana da tarihi mai tsawo kuma mai ban sha'awa. Yana farawa ne a cikin shekarar 1847, lokacin da wani Mista Chamberlain ya gina raƙumi mai tsayin ƙafa 100, bene mai hawa biyu tare da katako wanda aka sauko daga Mobile, Alabama, ta jiragen ruwa. Akwai dakunan baƙi guda arba'in da kuma ɗakin shaƙatawa na gaba tare da matakala a waje a kowane ƙarshen. Diningakin cin abincin yana cikin wani tsari kusa da shi, kuma gini na uku mai hawa biyu, wanda ake kira The Texas, ya ajiye mashayan. An lalata shi a cikin mahaukaciyar guguwa ta 1893, an sake gina mashayan kuma, a cewar wani rahoto na zamani, “Wurin taruwa ne na‘ yan kasuwar Kudu, kuma wasannin karta da ke da manyan igiyoyi, kuma billar da ke cike da mafi kyawun giya su ne abubuwan da suke yi. ” Wani gini na huɗu, gidan bene mai hawa biyu da ake kira Gunnison House, asalinsa gidan zama ne na rani mai zaman kansa. Ya zama sanannen wurin taro kafin Yakin Basasa.

A matsayina na ɗayan sauran holdungiyoyin Confungiyoyi masu ƙarfi a lokacin Yaƙin basasa, tashar jiragen ruwa a cikin Mobile ya sanannen wuri don masu gudu. A lokacin yaƙin 1864 tsakanin edeungiyoyi da Unionungiyoyi, wanda Admiral David Farragut ya jagoranta inda a cikin sanannen shela ya ce "tsine wa torpedoes, cikakken gudu a gaba" - theungiyoyin sun yi wa sojojin ardungiyar ƙawanya da torpedoes, daga ƙarshe sun nutsar da Tecumseh. An sami babban rami a bangon Gidan Gunnison, wanda ke kan wurin Cibiyar Taro a yau. Birnin Mobile ya kasance a cikin Confungiyoyin Confungiyoyi har zuwa 1865 yayin da otal ɗin ya zama asibiti na sojoji. Farragut dan Kabilar Kudancin ne wanda ke matukar adawa da ballewar Kudancin kuma ya kasance mai biyayya ga kungiyar bayan barkewar yakin basasa.

Sojoji 300 suka mutu yayin da suke asibiti kuma aka binne su a makabartar, Confederate Rest. An binne sojoji kafada-da-kafada, a cikin manyan kaburbura. A cikin 1869, gobara ta lalata takardun da ke nuna mamacin kuma daga baya aka gina abin tunawa ga sojojin da ba a san su ba a makabartar, wanda har yanzu yana nan.

Otel din ya sake budewa bayan yakin amma wuta ta kusa lalata shi a shekarar 1869. Ta hanyar mu'ujiza, baƙi ɗaya daga cikin baƙi 150 da suka ji rauni, kuma duk tasirin su na sirri, da kuma kayan alfarma na otal da mafi yawan kayan daki, sun sami ceto.

Gyarawa akayi sannan otal din ya sake dawowa yana more rayuwa mai wadata. Amma sai, a watan Agusta 1871, bala'i ya faɗa. Tukunyar ruwa mai nauyin ton ashirin da bakwai ya fashe a Point Clear pier a ciki Alabama kuma baƙi masu yawa na otal sun mutu. Tsawon shekaru bayan haka, ana iya hango sassan jirgin ruwan da ya lalace a lokacin ƙaramar iska.

Bayan fashewar, Kyaftin HC Baldwin na Wayar hannu ya mallaki kadara, kuma ya gina sabon otal wanda yayi kama da tsohon ƙafa mai tsayin ƙafa 100, amma ya ninka sau uku. Surukin Baldwin, George Johnson, Ma'ajin Jihar Louisiana, ya taka rawar gani a cikin kasuwancin kuma ya zama mai mallaka a kan mutuwar Baldwin. An bude wannan gida mai hawa biyu na dakuna sittin a 1875. Masu tsayawa a tasha sun tsaya a Point Clear sau uku a mako suna kawo baƙi otal. A shekara ta 1889, jiragen ruwa suna zuwa kowace rana. Yawan lokacin hunturu dala biyu ne a rana, dala goma a mako, da dala arba'in a watan. Gidan shakatawa ya bunkasa.

A cikin 1890s, Point Clear shine cibiyar mafi kyawun rayuwar zamantakewar al'umma a cikin Deep South. Jiragen ruwa sun cika makil da masu neman annashuwa daga Waya da New Orleans da suka tsaya a ƙofar; motoci da kekuna masu hawa da sauka a cikin da daga fitar da su; ungiyoyin faɗakarwa da masu jan hankali suna tururuwa zuwa manyan lawn. Grand Hotel aka sani da "Sarauniyar Kudancin Resorts."

A shekara ta 1939, duk da haka, wurin ya kasance ba da daɗewa sosai ba har sabon sahibansa, Kamfanin Waterman Steamship ya sa aka lalata shi, kuma a cikin 1940, suka gina Grand Hotel III. Wannan gini ne na zamani mai iska mai ɗakuna casa'in; ya bazu tsayi da ƙananan, tare da manyan tagogi masu hoto da kuma baranda a cikin gilashi. Bayan fewan shekaru daga baya, an gina gidaje, suna amfani da katako, musamman ma shimfidar ƙasa mai ƙyalƙyali da ƙira, daga tsohuwar ginin. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, lokacin da kamfanin jigilar kaya ya mika kayayyakin ga gwamnatin Amurka kan dala miliyan daya, tare da sharadin cewa sojoji ba za su sanya takalmi a cikin gida ba don kar su lalata benen pine din.

A 1955, kamfanin McLean Industries ne ya sayi otal din Alabama, kuma bayan shekaru goma JK McLean da kansa ya saya kuma ya kafa Kamfanin Grand Hotel na yanzu. Sabon gini mai daki hamsin aka gina kuma an inganta shi sosai.

A cikin 1967, an kara filin golf na rami 9 da kuma cibiyar taro na farko. A 1979, otal din ya rufe sakamakon guguwar Frederick kuma bayan an sake gyarawa a ranar 10 ga Afrilu, 1980. A 1981, Kamfanin Marriott ya sayi Grand Hotel kuma ya ƙara Gidan North Bay da Marina Building, ya kawo jimlar baƙi zuwa 306. A cikin 1986, tsohon Gunnison House ya tsage don ba da hanya ga Grand Ballroom. Marriott ya daɗa ƙarin filin golf na rami 9 don jimlar ramuka 36. An kammala manyan gyare-gyare a otal a 2003, gami da sabon wurin shakatawa, wurin wanka da ƙarin ɗakunan baƙi. An kammala gyaran kwas na Dogwood a 2004. An kammala gyaran kwas ɗin Azalea a 2005.

An sanar da fadada filayen Grand da sabon damar mallakar ƙasa a 2006. Theungiyar Colony a Grand Hotel ta buɗe a cikin bazarar 2008 kuma ta ƙunshi gidajen kwalliya waɗanda ke kallon kyakyawan wurin Point Clear da Mobile Bay. Wani sabon wurin wasan ruwa da cibiyar wasan kwallon tennis da aka bude a wurin shakatawar a watan Yulin 2009.

Sallamar soja mai kishin ƙasa da harbe-harben bindiga da aka fara a shekara ta 2008. Wannan otal ɗin Alabama na ci gaba da girmama tasirin soja. Kowace rana ana fara jerin gwano a harabar gidan, ana saƙa a filayen, sannan a kammala da harba igwa da ƙarfe 4:00 na yamma. Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, memba ne na Tarihin Hotels Autograph Collection na Amurka da National Trust for Tarihin Adana Tarihi.

Marubucin, Stanley Turkel, mashahurin masani ne kuma mai ba da shawara a masana'antar otal. Yana aiki a otal dinsa, karimci da kuma aikin tuntuba wanda ya kware a harkar sarrafa kadara, binciken kudi da kuma tasirin yarjejjeniyar mallakar otal da ayyukan bada tallafi. Abokan ciniki sune masu mallakar otal, masu saka hannun jari, da cibiyoyin bada lamuni.

"Greatwararrun Hotelwararrun Otal ɗin Amurka"

Littafin tarihin otal na takwas ya ƙunshi masu gine-gine goma sha biyu waɗanda suka tsara otal-otal 94 daga 1878 zuwa 1948: Warren & Wetmore, Schultze & Weaver, Julia Morgan, Emery Roth, McKim, Mead & White, Henry J. Hardenbergh, Carrere & Hastings, Mulliken & Moeller, Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, Trowbridge & Livingston, George B. Post da 'Ya'yan.

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Destroyed in an 1893 hurricane, the bar was rebuilt and, according to one contemporary report, “It was the gathering place for the merchants of the South, and poker games with high stakes, and billiards enlivened with the best of liquors were their pastimes.
In 1869, a fire destroyed the documents that identified the deceased and a monument to the unknown soldiers was later constructed at the cemetery, which still stands today.
During the 1864 battle between the Confederates and Union, led by Admiral David Farragut- in which he famously proclaimed “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead”- the confederates bombarded the Union soldiers with torpedoes, eventually sinking the Tecumseh.