The Eldridge Hotel: Moto, kuuraya uye kudzoreredza

Ichi chinotevera chicherechedzo chenhoroondo chakamiswa muna Kubvumbi 4, 1940 neLawrence Rotary Club:

“Iyi inoratidza nzvimbo yeFree State Hotel yakavakwa muna 1855 neNew England Emigrant Aid Society. Yakaparadzwa naSheriff Jones uye chinzvimbo chake Chivabvu 21, 1856, uye yakavakwazve naCol. Schaler W. Eldridge. Quantrill nevapambi vake vakaparadza Lawrence August 21, 1863, vakapisa hotera uye vakauraya vagari vemo. Col. Eldridge akadzorera hotera iyo yakamira kusvikira 1926 payakavakwazve naWG Hutson.”

WG "Billy" Hutson akanga ari sekuru vemuhotera anozivikanwa zvikuru Michael Getto (The Hills Hotel, Laguna Hills, California). Billy Hutson akatenga Eldridge House muna 1906 uye akaifambisa kusvika 1926 pakavakwa hotera iripo. Mike Getto, Sr. akatonga hotera kubva 1942 kusvika 1958. Aive mutambi weAll-American kuYunivhesiti yePittsburgh akatamba mu1929 Rose Bowl. Akarairidza kuKansas University (1929-1939) uye (1946-1952), akarairidza timu yenhabvu yeBrooklyn Dodger kubva 1939 kusvika 1942. Mike Getto aitungamirira Eldridge Hotel kubva 1958 kusvika 1970. Anoshuma kuti amai vake vakaberekerwa kuEldridge Hotera uye kuti baba vake vakafira ipapo.

Muna 1855, New England Emigrant Aid Society yeMassachusetts yakavaka hotera yepakutanga kuti igare vatsva vaisvika muLawrence kusvikira dzimba dzavo dzekugara dzavakwa. Chivako ichi chaiva nenhurikidzwa nhatu, kusanganisira imba yepasi, makamuri makumi mashanu evaenzi, dzimba dzekunze, denga rakati sandara renzvimbo dzekufambisa, uye zvidyiro zvemabhiza makumi mashanu nenzvimbo yekuchengetera ngoro. Sosaiti yakarayira vamiririri vayo, Charles Robinson naSamuel Pomeroy kupedza kuvaka nokukurumidza sezvinobvira. Apo kushaikwa kwemari kwakanonoka kupera, Robinson naPomeroy vakarenda hotera kuna Shalor W. Eldridge nevakoma vake Thomas, Edsin naJames. Vakapedza kuvaka ndokutumidza zita rekuti Eldridge House.

Sezvo chikonzero chikuru dhorobha reLawrence rakavambwa kwaive kugadzirisa nzvimbo ichangobva kudomwa yeKansas nevamiriri veuranda, guta neFree State zvakava chiratidzo chekuzvidza mutemo wepro-uranda nevatsigiri vawo.

Mukutanga kwaChivabvu 1856, mwedzi mushure mekunge hotera yavhurwa, Douglas County Grand Jury yakakurudzira kubviswa kweFree State Hotel pamwe nemapepanhau maviri aLawrence, Herald of Freedom neKansas Free-State, vachiataura se“kunetsa.” Sheriff weDouglas County, Samuel Jones, akatumirwa kuna Lawrence kuti asunge vanhu vakati wandei uye kuita kurudziro yeGrand Jury.

Musi waChivabvu 21, Sheriff Jones, nemukuru wake, vakaungana kunze kweFree State Hotel uye vakapa maEldridges kusvika na5 PM kuti vabude chivakwa chisati chaparadzwa. Apo hotera yakanga ichibviswa, chimwe chikamu chemhomho yakatsamwa yakaparadza mahofisi emapepanhau maviri etaundi racho nemichina yawo yokudhinda. Pamberi penguva ye5 PM, varume vaJones vakati wandei vakatanga kugadzirira cannon yakaiswa pamberi pehotera. Vasina kushivirira, varume vacho vakatanga kupfura kanoni, asi sezvineiwo, mhuri yekwaEldridge yakanga yabuda muchivako panguva iyoyo. Apo cannon yakakundikana kuunza kukuvadza kwaidiwa, varume vakabatidza madhiramu eupfu hwepfuti mukamuri yepasi kuti varove chivakwa chacho. Apo ikoko kwakakundikanawo, vakatora mapepa okudhinda mumapepanhau akanga achangobva kuparadzwa ndokupisa hotera yacho.

Hondo pamusoro penyaya yeuranda yakanga ichiri kuenderera mberi muKansas nenzvimbo dzakapoteredza. Kumhiri kwemuganhu muMissouri, William Clark Quantrill akatanga kuunganidza boka revanhu vekumabhodha kuti vabire nyika kubva kuKansas Jayhawkers, anti-slavery guerilla fighters avo vaipamba nyika dzeMissouri. Sezvo muganhu weruffians uchiwedzera muhuwandu, vakarwisa maguta makuru uye vakakonzera kuparadza kwakawanda kumuganhu weKansas.

Pakazosvika 1863, angangoita makore gumi mushure mekurwiswa kwaSheriff Jones, vagari veLawrence vaive vatanga kunzwa vakachengeteka muhupenyu hwavo hwezuva nezuva sezvo runyerekupe rwekumwe kurwiswa rwakazove nhema kudzamara Quantrill nevarume vake vanga vachifamba nemuKansas vachizvibata semauto eMubatanidzwa. Musi waNyamavhuvhu 21, 1863, pavakasvika kuLawrence munguva dzemaawa asati aedza Quantrill akapa murayiro wekuuraya varume chete, vachisiya vakadzi nevana vasina kukuvadzwa. Pakupinda muguta, vakamira kunze kweEldridge House uko Provost Marshal weKansas, Alexander R. Banks, airatidza jira jena kunze kwehwindo rake, richizivisa nzvimbo tsvene yeavo vaiva mukati mehotera. Vaenzi vepahotera vakabviswa ndokuperekedzwa vachiyambuka Rwizi rweKansas kuenda kuCity Hotel ukuwo varume veQuantrill vakapisa hotera kusvika pahwaro hwayo. Maererano nechikumbiro chaProvost, Quantrill akarayira kuti vaenzi paCity Hotel vasiiwe vasina kukuvadzwa, achiwedzera kuti muridzi wepaCity Hotel akanga ambomuratidza mutsa mukuru. Mushure mekunge Quantrill aenda, akati wandei akadhakwa uye asina kugutsikana boarder ruffians akadzokera kuCity Hotel, akaraira vagari vemo kunze, ndokuvhura moto. Murume mumwe chete ndiye akapona nekutamba akafa.

Zvakare, Shalor Eldridge akasarudza kuvaka patsva, achishandisa mari yakaunganidzwa kubva kuvagari veLawrence uye bond yeguta inosvika zviuru gumi nezvinomwe zvemadhora. Achingopedza uriri hwekutanga apo mari yakanga yapera Eldridge akatengesa hotera kuna George W. Deitzler, uyo akapedza kuvaka muna 17,000 uye akachengetedza zita rokuti Eldridge House. Uriri hwekutanga hwaishandiswa senzvimbo yekurenda bhizinesi, nepo hotera yaigara pasi pechipiri neyechitatu, iyo yaive nemakamuri makumi matanhatu neina, nzvimbo yekubatsira mudzimba, uye imba yekudyira.

Pasi pehuhu hutsva uhu, Eldridge House yakabudirira kwekanguva, asi pakati pa1876 na1915 hotera yakachinja maoko kakawanda. Iyo ichangobva kupihwa zita rekuti Eldridge Hotel yakazotadza kugadziriswa izvo zvakaita kuti vagari veLawrence vashevedze kudzorerwa. Pakazosvika 1925, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce yakatanga homwe yemadhora zviuru makumi mashanu, zvichikonzera kuparadzwa kwehotera yekare uye kuvakwa kwechimiro chitsva panzvimbo yayo. Ichiona kunonoka kwakawanda, hotera yakavhurwa kune yekugamuchira kukuru muna 50,000 mushure memakore mana ekuvakwa. The Lawrence Journal-World yakashuma kuti hotera yakanga yakashongedzwa nenyanga dzenzou negoridhe, chitoro chekofi mune jade uye girini, uye imba yekubikira yakashongedzwa nezvidhinha. Pennants kubva kumapoka emitambo "Big Six" akaiswa pamatairi pasi.

Musi waZvita 8, 1950, Lawrence Daily Journal-World yakashuma:

"Billy Hutson Obituary

"Billy Hutson aive mumwe mumiriyoni ane hunhu hwakasiyana hwakapesvedzera kukura kwenharaunda uye izvo zvakamuwanira shamwari dzisingaverengeki muAmerica yese. Akanga ari muchengeti wehotera wechinyakare, muenzi ane hunyanzvi, muiti wemafaro uye muzvinabhizimisi ane hungwaru akabudirira pakakundikana vamwe vasingaverengeki.

"Hutson akakurumbira, akafa Svondo manheru, pamwe aive nevazivikanwi vakawanda pakati pevaaishanda navo semumwe murume akambogara muLawrence.

“Mr. Hutson airemekedzwa somuzvinabhizimisi nokuti aiziva kuita kuti bhizimisi ribhadhare. Mukuora mwoyo kwema 30s apo 50 muzana yemahotera aichengetwa nevoruzhinji akapinda mukubhuroka- murume weLawrence akava chiremba wemasangano akawanda ehotera aiparara.

“Eldridge Hotel, nzvimbo yeLawrence, icharamba ichitungamirirwa nemhuri, nekuda kwekuona zviri mberi kwaVaHutson. Muzukuru wake, Mike Getto wechidiki, akadzoka kubva kubasa rechiuto gore rapfuura kuti ave maneja anoshingaira uye hunhu hwake hwekufambira mberi hunoonekwa mukutarisira bhizinesi. "

Mukati memakore ekuma1960, apo migwagwa mikuru yepakati yaiita kuti kufamba kuve nyore, kusadhure uye kusvikika zviri nyore, motels dzakava dzakakurumbira. Eldridge Hotel, semamwe mahotera akawanda emudhorobha munyika yose, yakamanikidzwa kuvhara mikova yayo. Pashure pacho, chivako chacho chakagadziridzwazve kuva dzimba. Muna 1985, vagari veLawrence vakaunganidza mari inosvika mamiriyoni matatu emadhora kuti vavakezve Eldridge Hotel. Ihotera itsva ine nhurikidzwa shanu uye ine makumi mana nemasere ane makamuri maviri emakamuri. Hotera iyi yakagadziridzwa zvakare mukutanga kwa2005, mushure mekunge yatengeswa kuokisheni kune boka reUniversity yeKansas alumni nevaisiri venzvimbo. Pakuvhurwazve mukutanga kwa2005, varidzi vatsva vakadzoreredza kubwinya kwakabatana nehotera muma1920s.

Kukura kwevanhu veLawrence muna 2014 ndicho chimwe chezvikonzero nei varidzi veEldridge Hotel vafunga kuita zvirongwa zvavo zvekuwedzera. Iyo mijenya padyo neEldridge yanga isina munhu kubvira 1973 uye ndeyevaridzi vehotera. Parizvino hotera iyi ine makamuri makumi mana nemasere evaenzi, nzvimbo yemabiko uye maresitorendi maviri. Kuwedzera uku kuchawedzera makamuri makumi mashanu nemana ehotera, nzvimbo yekudyira yakawedzerwa uye nzvimbo itsva yemabiko. Mugadziri wenzvimbo Paul Werner ari kugadzira chirongwa chitsva.

Motto yakagamuchirwa neguta mushure mekupambwa kweQuantrill, "kubva mumadota kusvika kusafa" inokodzera Eldridge Hotel nhasi nekuda kwenhoroondo yayo yekuvakwazve kakawanda, nguva imwe neimwe yakakura uye nani pane yekupedzisira. Iyo Eldridge Hotel inoenderera mberi nekusimudzira misimboti yekushinga, kudada uye kugamuchira vaeni. Yakamira panzvimbo yaimbova Free State Hotel, Eldridge Hotel ichiri kugamuchira vanhu kuLawrence, Kansas.

Munyori, Stanley Turkel, ane masimba anozivikanwa uye mupangamazano muindastiri yehotera. Iye anoshanda muhotera yake, kugamuchira vaeni uye kuita zvehunyanzvi kunoongorora manejimendi manejimendi, mashandiro ekuongorora uye kushanda kwezvibvumirano zvekutengesa zvehotera uye kupihwa rutsigiro. Vatengi varidzi vemahotera, vatengesi uye masangano ekukweretesa. Mabhuku ake anosanganisira: Great American Hoteliers: Mapiyona eiyo Hotel Indasitiri (2009), Yakavakirwa Kupedzisira: 100+ Yemakore-Mahotera Mahara muNew York (2011), Yakavakirwa Kupedzisira: 100+ Makore-Akare Mahotera Kumabvazuva kweMississippi (2013) ), Hotera Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt naOscar weWaldorf (2014), uye Great American Hoteliers Vhoriyamu 2: Mapiyona eIhotera Indasitiri (2016), ese ayo anogona kurairwa kubva kuA AuthorHouse nekushanya www.vashorganism.ru