Otal ɗin Eldridge: Wuta, kisan kiyashi da sabuntawa

An kafa alamar tarihi mai zuwa a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1940 ta Lawrence Rotary Club:

"Wannan alama ce ta Otal ɗin Otal ɗin 'Yanci da New England Emigrant Aid Society ta gina a 1855. Sheriff Jones da gidansa ne suka lalata shi ranar 21 ga Mayu, 1856, kuma Col. Schaler W. Eldridge ya sake gina shi. Quantrill da maharansa sun lalata Lawrence a ranar 21 ga Agusta, 1863, sun kona otal ɗin tare da kashe 'yan ƙasa. Col. Eldridge ya gyara otal din da ya tsaya har zuwa 1926 lokacin da WG Hutson ya sake gina shi.”

WG “Billy” Hutson shine kakan fitaccen otal din Michael Getto (The Hills Hotel, Laguna Hills, California). Billy Hutson ya sayi gidan Eldridge a cikin 1906 kuma ya yi aiki har zuwa 1926 lokacin da aka gina otal ɗin yanzu. Mike Getto, Sr. ya kula da otal din daga 1942 har zuwa 1958. Ya kasance dan Amurka duka a Jami'ar Pittsburgh wanda ya taka leda a 1929 Rose Bowl. Ya yi horo a Jami'ar Kansas (1929-1939) da (1946-1952), ya horar da ƙwararrun ƙwallon ƙafa na Brooklyn Dodger daga 1939 zuwa 1942. Mike Getto ya kula da Eldridge Hotel daga 1958 zuwa 1970. Ya bayar da rahoton cewa an haifi mahaifiyarsa a Eldridge. Hotel da kuma cewa mahaifinsa ya mutu a can.

A cikin 1855, New England Migrant Aid Society of Massachusetts ta gina ainihin otal don saukar da sabbin mazauna da suka isa Lawrence har sai an gina gidajensu na dindindin. Ginin ya ƙunshi benaye uku, waɗanda suka haɗa da ginin ƙasa, dakunan baƙi hamsin, dakunan waje, falon rufin da za a yi balaguron balaguro, da dakunan dawakai hamsin da ke da wurin ajiyar motoci. Ƙungiyar ta umurci wakilanta, Charles Robinson da Samuel Pomeroy da su kammala ginin da wuri-wuri. Lokacin da rashin kuɗi ya jinkirta kammalawa, Robinson da Pomeroy sun yi hayar otal ɗin ga Shalor W. Eldridge da ƴan uwansa Thomas, Edsin da James. Sun gama ginin ne suka sa masa suna Gidan Eldridge.

Tunda babban dalilin da aka kafa garin Lawrence shine don daidaita sabon yankin Kansas da aka zayyana tare da masu fafutukar yaki da bautar, birnin da Jihar 'Yanci sun zama alamar bijirewa dokar bautar da magoya bayanta.

A farkon watan Mayu 1856, wata daya bayan bude otal din, Douglas County Grand Jury ya ba da shawarar cire Otal din Free State da kuma jaridu biyu na Lawrence, Herald of Freedom da Kansas Free-State, suna ambaton su a matsayin "lalata." An aika Sheriff na gundumar Douglas, Samuel Jones, zuwa Lawrence don yin kama da yawa tare da aiwatar da shawarwarin Babban Jury.

A ranar 21 ga Mayu, Sheriff Jones, da ma'abocinsa, sun taru a wajen Otal ɗin Free State Hotel kuma suka ba Eldridges har zuwa 5 na yamma su tafi kafin ginin ya rushe. A yayin da ake barin otal din, wani bangare na ’yan bangar da suka fusata sun lalata ofisoshin jaridun garin biyu da kayan aikinsu na bugawa. Kafin ranar ƙarshe na 5 PM, da yawa daga cikin mutanen Jones sun fara shirya igwa da aka sanya a gaban otal ɗin. Ba su hakura ba, mutanen suka fara harbin bindigar, amma aka yi sa'a, dangin Eldridge sun kwashe ginin a lokacin. Lokacin da igwa ya kasa haifar da lalacewar da ya kamata, mutanen sun kunna ganga na foda a cikin gidan ƙasa don tayar da ginin. Lokacin da hakan ma ya faskara, sai suka dauki takardan buga jaridun da aka lalata kwanan nan suka banka wa otel wuta.

Yaƙin kan batun bautar yana ci gaba da gudana a Kansas da kewaye. A kan iyakar Missouri, William Clark Quantrill ya fara tattara gungun 'yan rufayen kan iyaka don satar fili daga Kansas Jayhawkers, mayakan sa-kai masu yaki da bautar da su ma ke kai hare-hare a filayen Missouri. Yayin da ruffian kan iyaka suka karu da lambobi, sun mamaye manyan garuruwa kuma sun haifar da barna a kan iyakar Kansas.

A shekara ta 1863, kusan shekaru goma bayan harin Sheriff Jones, mazauna Lawrence sun fara samun kwanciyar hankali a rayuwarsu ta yau da kullum tun lokacin da jita-jita na karin hare-haren ya zama marar gaskiya har sai Quantrill da mutanensa da suka yi tafiya ta Kansas sun kasance kamar sojojin Tarayyar. A ranar 21 ga Agusta, 1863, lokacin da suka isa Lawrence a cikin sa'o'i kafin wayewar gari Quantrill ya ba da umarnin kashe maza kawai, tare da barin mata da yara ba tare da lahani ba. Bayan shiga garin, sai suka tsaya a wajen gidan Eldridge inda Provost Marshal na Kansas, Alexander R. Banks, ya nuna farar takarda a wajen tagarsa, yana bayyana wuri mai tsarki ga waɗanda ke cikin otal ɗin. An cire bakin otal aka kuma raka ta kogin Kansas zuwa Otal din City yayin da mutanen Quantrill suka kona otal din har kafuwar sa. Dangane da bukatar Provost, Quantrill ya ba da umarnin a bar baƙi a Otal ɗin City ba tare da wani lahani ba, ya ƙara da cewa maigidan a Otal ɗin City a baya ya nuna masa babban karimci. Bayan da Quantrill ya tafi, da yawa daga cikin buguwa da bacin rai da ruffian jirgin suka koma otal ɗin City, suka umarci mazaunan waje, suka buɗe wuta. Mutum daya ne ya tsira ta hanyar wasa da mutuwa.

Har ila yau, Shalor Eldridge ya yanke shawarar sake ginawa, ta hanyar amfani da kuɗin da aka karɓa daga mazauna Lawrence da kuma haɗin birnin da ya kai dala 17,000. Bayan kammala bene na farko kawai lokacin da kuɗin ya ƙare Eldridge ya sayar da otal ɗin ga George W. Deitzler, wanda ya kammala ginin a 1866 kuma ya riƙe sunan Eldridge House. An yi amfani da bene na farko a matsayin sarari don hayar kasuwanci, yayin da otal ɗin ya mamaye hawa na biyu da na uku, wanda ya ƙunshi ɗakuna sittin da huɗu, sarari don taimakon gida, da ɗakin cin abinci.

A ƙarƙashin wannan sabon mallakar, Gidan Eldridge ya yi nasara na ɗan lokaci, amma tsakanin 1876 da 1915 otal ɗin ya canza hannu sau da yawa. Sabon otal din Eldridge mai suna Eldridge daga karshe ya ruguje wanda ya sa mazauna garin Lawrence kira da a gyara. A shekara ta 1925, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce ya ƙaddamar da asusu na $ 50,000, wanda ya haifar da lalata tsohon otel da gina sabon tsari a wurinsa. Fuskantar jinkiri da yawa, otal ɗin ya buɗe don babban liyafar a 1929 bayan shekaru huɗu na ginin. Jaridar Lawrence Journal-World ta ruwaito cewa otal din an kawata shi da hauren giwa da zinare, da wurin sayar da kofi a cikin jedi da kore, da kuma dakin gasa da aka kawata da bulo mai launi. Pennants daga gungun 'yan wasa na "Big shida" an sanya su a benen tayal.

A ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1950, Lawrence Daily Journal-World ya ruwaito:

"Billy Hutson Obituary

"Billy Hutson ya kasance daya a cikin miliyan daya da ke da bambancin hali wanda ya yi tasiri ga ci gaban al'umma wanda ya sa ya sami abokai marasa adadi a duk faɗin Amurka. Shi ne tsohon mai kula da otal, mai masaukin baki, mai nishadi kuma hamshakin dan kasuwa wanda ya yi nasara inda wasu da dama suka gaza.

“Shahararren Hutson, wanda ya mutu ranar Lahadi da yamma, wataƙila yana da abokai da yawa a cikin abokan aikinsa kamar kowane mutumin da ya taɓa zama a Lawrence.

“Malam An girmama Hutson a matsayin ɗan kasuwa domin ya san yadda ake biyan kasuwancin. A cikin ɓacin rai na 30's lokacin da kashi 50 cikin XNUMX na otal-otal ɗin jama'a suka shiga fatara - mutumin Lawrence ya zama likita ga ƙungiyoyin otal masu yawa.

“Otal ɗin Eldridge, alama ce ta Lawrence, za ta ci gaba da kasancewa ƙarƙashin kulawar iyali, godiya ga hangen nesa na Mista Hutson. Jikansa, matashi Mike Getto, ya dawo daga aikin soja shekara guda da ta wuce ya zama manajan aiki kuma tuni halinsa na ci gaba ya bayyana a cikin gudanar da kasuwancin.

A cikin shekarun 1960, lokacin da manyan titunan jahohi suka sa tafiye-tafiye cikin sauƙi, da ƙarancin tsada da sauƙi, motel ɗin ya zama sananne. Otal din Eldridge, kamar sauran otal-otal na cikin gari a fadin kasar, an tilastawa rufe kofarsa. Bayan haka, an sake fasalin tsarin don gidaje. A cikin 1985, 'yan ƙasar Lawrence sun tara kuɗi da suka kai dala miliyan uku don sake gina otal ɗin Eldridge. Sabon otal din yana da benaye biyar kuma yana da dakuna arba'in da takwas. An sake gyara otal ɗin a farkon 2005, bayan an sayar da shi a gwanjo ga ƙungiyar tsofaffin ɗaliban Jami'ar Kansas da masu saka hannun jari na cikin gida. Bayan sake buɗewa a farkon 2005, sabbin masu mallakar sun dawo da ɗaukakar da ke da alaƙa da otal a cikin 1920s.

Girman yawan Lawrence a cikin 2014 na ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da masu Otal ɗin Eldridge suka yanke shawarar aiwatar da tsare-tsaren faɗaɗa su. Kuri'a kusa da Eldridge ta kasance babu kowa tun 1973 kuma mallakin otal din ne. A halin yanzu hotel din yana da dakuna 48, wurin liyafa da gidajen abinci guda biyu. Fadada za ta ƙara sabbin ɗakunan otal 54, faɗaɗa gidan abinci da sabon wurin liyafa. Maginin gida Paul Werner yana tsara sabon aikin.

Taken da birnin ya ɗauka bayan harin Quantrill, "daga toka zuwa dawwama" ya dace da otal ɗin Eldridge a yau saboda tarihin sake gina shi sau da yawa, kowane lokaci girma kuma ya fi na ƙarshe. Otal ɗin Eldridge ya ci gaba da ɗaukar ƙa'idodin tsayin daka, girman kai da karimci. Tsaye a wurin tsohon Otal ɗin Free State, Eldridge Hotel har yanzu yana maraba da mutane zuwa Lawrence, Kansas.

Marubucin, Stanley Turkel, mashahurin masani ne kuma mai ba da shawara a masana'antar otal. Yana aiki a otal dinsa, karimci da kuma aikin ba da shawara da ke ƙwarewa a cikin sarrafa kadara, duba ayyukan aiki da tasirin yarjeniyoyin mallakar otal da ayyukan bayar da tallafi na shari'a. Abokan ciniki sune masu mallakar otal, masu saka jari da cibiyoyin bada lamuni. Littattafansa sun hada da: Manyan Otal din Amurkawa: Majagaba na Masana'antar Otal din (2009), An Gina Su Zuwa :arshe: Hotunan shekara 100+ a New York (2011), An Gina Su Zuwa :arshe: Hotunan Hotuna na Shekaru 100 + Gabas na Mississippi (2013) ), Mavens na Hotel: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt da Oscar na Waldorf (2014), da Great American Hoteliers Volume 2: Majagaba na Masana'antar Hotel (2016), dukkansu ana iya yin oda daga AuthorHouse ta ziyartar stanleyturkel.com