Yayin da kuke yawo game da filayen Cranwell Resort, kuna tafiya cikin tarihi. A cikin shekarun da suka wuce, Cranwell ya zama gida ga masu arzikin masana'antu, malamai, marubuta, dalibai, 'yan wasan golf, da masu son al'adu a Massachusetts. Babban wurin kadarorin, tare da ra'ayoyinsa na ban mamaki na Berkshires, shine babban gidan Tudor mai tudu, wanda ya mamaye karkara sama da karni guda. Tarihin Cranwell ya haɗe da labarai da yawa na zamanin da ake da shi tsakanin 1880 zuwa 1920 wanda aka fi sani da Gilded Age.
A cikin 1853, Reverend Henry Ward Beecher ya sayi Blossom Hill, inda Cranwell Mansion ke tsaye, akan $4,500. Ya ƙaunaci ra'ayoyi daga ƙwanƙolin dutsen kuma daga wannan wuri ne ya yi shelar cewa, "Daga nan zan iya ganin tuddai na sama." Waɗannan su ne ra'ayoyin da za a iya gani a yau lokacin da kuke zaune a kan Rose Terrace da yamma inda aka yi bukukuwan almara shekaru 100 da suka wuce. Reverend Beecher ya kasance mai himma a cikin zaɓen mata da ƙungiyoyin yaƙi da bauta. Yana da burin shugaban kasa wanda wani al'amari mai ban tsoro ya ƙare, don haka, an bar wa 'yar uwarsa Harriet Beecher Stowe don neman shahara ta hanyar littafinta na yaƙi da bautar da aka fi siyar, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Janar John F. Rathbone ya sayi kadarorin daga Beecher a cikin 1869 kuma ya fara gini ta hanyar motsa gidan gona na Beecher zuwa gefen tudu domin sabon gidansa ya sami ikon gani na karkara. Gidan da ya gina, Wyndhurst, yana da girma ta kowane ma'auni na ranar kuma an saita shi akan kadada 380. A lokaci guda, a bayan tudu, wani iyali yana gina wani “gidan gida.” Kyaftin Naval na Amurka John S. Barnes, Jami'in Tuta na Arewacin Atlantic Fleet a lokacin yakin basasa, ya sayi ƙasar akan $10,000 a 1882 kuma ya gina Coldbrooke wanda aka fi sani da Beecher's Cottage da wani yanki na Cranwell.
John Sloane, ɗan'uwan Vanderbilts kuma mai haɗin gwiwar sanannen kayan daki, W & J Sloane, ya zama mai mallakar gidan na gaba lokacin da ya gina gidansa a 1894. Bayan ya rushe gidan gona na Rathbone's Wyndhurst da Beecher, Sloane ya gina wani gida. Wyndhurst, wanda ya yi nasara da girma da ƙaya na farko. Ya kuma ba da izini Frederick Law Olmsted, sanannen masanin gine-ginen da ya kirkiro dajin tsakiyar New York don tsara filin.
Bayan 'yar Sloane Evelyn ta sayar da gidan ga rukunin masu haɓaka Florida a cikin 1925, an gudanar da kadarar a ɗan gajeren lokaci azaman Berkshire Hunt da Ƙungiyar Ƙasa. Edward Cranwell sannan ya siya shi a cikin 1930 kuma daga baya ya ba da kadar ga Society of Jesus of New England a 1939, don mai da shi makaranta mai zaman kansa ga yara maza da aka sanya wa suna bayan mai karimci. Bayan da makarantar ta yi aiki na shekaru da yawa, makarantar ta ragu, ta rufe kofofinta a 1975.
A yau Cranwell, tare da dawo da yawancin girmansa na asali, yana bunƙasa a matsayin babban wurin shakatawa na kakar wasanni huɗu. Wurin shakatawa yana ba da dakuna 114 masu kyau waɗanda ke cikin gine-gine daban-daban: Cottage Founder, Olmstead Manor, Beecher's Cottage (tsohon Coldbrooke), da Mansion (tsohon Wyndhurst). Cranwell kuma gida ne ga wurin Spa na duniya a Cranwell, ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren shakatawa a Arewa maso Gabas. Kwas ɗin wasan golf na Cranwell mai ramuka 18 shine asalin Stiles da Van Cleek suka tsara. A cikin lokacin sanyi, dusar ƙanƙara tana jujjuya hanya zuwa aljanna ta ƙetare-ƙasa. Ana ba da abinci mai daɗi a cikin Wyndhurst wanda ya lashe kyautar Cranwell da ɗakin kiɗa, yayin da ana iya samun kuɗin yau da kullun a cikin Tavern na Sloane duk shekara. Kowace shekara, ko da kamar yadda kamfanoni daga ko'ina cikin duniya ke taruwa a nan don saduwa da juna, Cranwell yakan shirya bukukuwan aure na littattafai na kowane nau'i.
Gidan shakatawa na Cranwell memba ne na manyan Otal-otal na Tarihi na Amurka, shirin hukuma na National Trust for Historic Preservation. Don zaɓar wannan shirin, otal ɗin dole ne ya zama aƙalla shekaru 50, an jera shi a ciki ko ya cancanci rajistar wuraren Tarihi na ƙasa kuma an gane shi a cikin gida yana da mahimmancin 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 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.
