Tarihin Otal: Hotel Florence - ladabi da kyakkyawan ƙira

The Hotel Florence tsohon otal ne dake aiki a gundumar Tarihi ta Pullman a gefen kudu mai nisa Chicago, Illinois. A cikin 1880, majagaba na layin dogo George Pullman ya sayi wani wuri mai girman eka 3,500 kusa da tafkin Calumet akan titin jirgin ƙasa ta tsakiya na Illinois. Da bukatar fashewar motocinsa na layin dogo da ke barci, Pullman ya yanke shawarar gina masana'anta mafi girma da za ta kera su da kuma garin kamfani don gina ma'aikatansa da iyalansu. Pullman ya yi imanin cewa idan ya gina gari ba tare da saloons da masu tayar da hankali ba, ma'aikatansa za su kasance masu aminci ga ka'idar Pullman. Birnin Pullman ya girma zuwa mazauna 12,000. Tana da cibiyar sayayya, bankin ajiya, gidan wasan kwaikwayo, coci, makarantu da filin wasa. Har ila yau, tana da ɗakin karatu na littattafai 8,000 da kuma otal mai alfarma Florence (mai suna bayan 'yar Pullman). Pullman City da Otal ɗin Florence an tsara su ne ta injiniyan Solon Spencer (1853-1914). Da yawa daga cikin manyan kwamitocin Beman da suka haɗa da Ginin Ofishin Pullman, Ginin Pabst da Grand Central Station a Chicago tun an rushe su. Beman ya kuma tsara majami'un Kimiyyar Kirista da yawa. An yi bikin da farko don kyakkyawan shiri Sunan Pullman City ya sha wahala lokacin da Kamfanin Mota na Fadar Pullman ya ƙi rage hayan haya bayan yanke albashi, ya fara yajin aikin Pullman na ƙasa.

Otal din Florence ya kasance babban abin burgewa ga kyawu da kyawun zane da karewa, tare da kayan alatu na kayan daki, kayan aiki da kayan aiki, duk sun hade sun yi daidai da girman girmansa, zuwa otal-otal mafi tsada a cikin manyan biranen.

Ginin ya kai tsayin benaye hudu sama da rabin benen, manyan layukan na sama sun karye da wani kyakkyawan rufin gabobin da tagogin kwanan dalibai, wanda ya sa ginin ya yi kama da wani babban gida mai kyau fiye da na otal. Veranda mai faɗin ƙafa 16 da tsayi ƙafa 268 ta shimfiɗa gaba da gefuna na ginin wanda ake kula da shi a tafkin Gabas da ƙirar Sarauniya Anne, rufin yana fentin shuɗi mai haske, wanda ya dace daidai da zurfin ja na bulo wanda ya dace da shi. an gina ganuwar. Wani ɗan gajeren tafiya na matakai yana ba da kusanci zuwa tsakiyar ɓangaren veranda a gaba, wanda ofishi da rotunda ke buɗe ta cikin faffadan kofofin ceri. Lokacin shiga harabar gidan, ma'aunin marmara na Tennessee yana hawa a gefe ɗaya ta wani tebur mai kyau na ceri, yana cikin cikakken kallon ƙofar falon da ɗakin karatu na maza. Nan da nan bayan na ƙarshe shine ɗakin billiard a fadin zauren daga ɗakin abincin rana da salon da aka tsara don baƙi na otal. Manyan wuraren bude wuta suna maraba da ku yayin shiga falo, falo da ɗakin cin abinci.

Kayan daki na falon an yi su ne da mahogany mai kauri sannan an lullube shi da maroon velvet mai nauyi. Dining d'in ya wuce falon daga parlour sai L shape yake. Asalin ɓangaren otal ɗin yana da dakuna 50 na kwana, ɗakin cin abinci, shagon aski, ɗakin kwana na maza da mata daban da mashaya ɗaya tilo a cikin garin Pullman. Tun da farko dai an haska ginin da fitulun iskar gas da kuma dumama na’urar radiyo, tururin da injin Corliss ya samar da ke kan titi a cikin gine-ginen masana’anta.

An gyara bene na farko da Pullman Suite da aikin katako na ceri kuma an fidda su ta tagogin gilashin kala-kala. A bene na biyu, an ajiye Pullman Suite don George Pullman lokacin da ya ziyarci masana'anta da gari yayin da dangin Pullman ke zaune a gundumar Prairie Avenue na gaye, kusa da tsakiyar gari.

Na biyu ta hanyar hawa na huɗu ya ƙunshi ɗakunan otal da suites. Kowane bene, kama da motocin jirgin ƙasa, ya ba da “aji” na sabis daban-daban. Dakunan da suka fi kyau da tsada sun kasance a hawa na biyu, inda suke kusa da harabar gidan. Waɗannan ɗakunan an ƙawata su da kayan daki na Eastlake kuma sun haɗa da shimfidu mafi girma. Dakunan da ke hawa na uku da na huɗu ƙanana ne kuma an yi musu ado iri-iri a kowane bene.

Otal ɗin ya kasance a kan iyaka ga ma'aikatan Pullman. George Pullman bai so ma'aikatansa su sha kuma ya haramta sayar da barasa a cikin iyakokin gari. An keɓance ga baƙi na Otal ɗin Florence, duk da haka. Wani mashaya ya ba da whiskey da sauran abubuwan sha a cikin otal ɗin. Gidan cin abinci na otal ya ƙware a yankan naman alade waɗanda aka nuna akan menu na otal a 1902.

Gidauniyar Pullman ta Tarihi ta sayi Otal din Florence a shekarar 1975 don ceto ginin da ya tsufa daga rugujewa da kuma gyara shi. A cikin 1991, an sayar da shi ga Hukumar Kula da Tarihi ta Illinois a matsayin wani muhimmin yanki na Gidan Tarihi na Jihar Pullman. Otal ɗin yana buɗe don tafiye-tafiye da abubuwa na musamman.

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.

Sauran Littattafan da Aka Buga:

• Manyan Baƙin Amurkawa: Majagaba na Masana'antar Otal (2009)
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  • Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt da Oscar na Waldorf (2014)
  • Manyan Otal-otal na Amurka Volume 2: Majagaba na Masana'antar Otal (2016)
  • Gina Zuwa Lastarshe: Hotunan Tsohuwar Shekaru 100+ Yammacin Mississippi (2017)
• Hotel Mavens Volume 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Shuka, Carl Graham Fisher (2018)

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