ʻO ka holomua o Henry M. Flagler's Ponce de Leon Hotel ma St. Augustine i hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā Henry B. Plant e pono ana ʻo Tampa i kahi hōkele hou kupaianaha. Me ka ʻae ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale no kahi alahaka hou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Hillsborough a no ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka ʻauhau waiwai, ua koho ʻo Plant i ka mea kākau kiʻi o New York City ʻo John A. Wood e hoʻolālā i kahi hōkele nani. Ka pohaku kihi o ka Tampa Bay Ua waiho ʻia ka hōkele ma Iulai 26, 1888, a ua wehe ʻia ka hōkele 511 lumi ma Pepeluali 5, 1891, me kahi rotunda 23 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe i kākoʻo ʻia e nā kolamu granite he ʻumikumamākolu. Aia i loko o ka hōkele electrified mua loa o Florida nā hiʻohiʻona penei:
• Nā lumi hoʻokipa: hoʻokahi lumi ʻauʻau no kēlā me kēia lumi ʻekolu (ʻoiai ua hui pū ka Ponce de Leon i nā lumi ʻauʻau ma ka hope o nā alaloa); nā moena, nā moena palupalu, nā kelepona, ka hoʻoheheʻe wai wela, ke kapuahi a me ke aniani aniani anawaena he ʻumikumamālima iniha i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke kaupaku o kēlā me kēia keʻena me ʻekolu mau puʻupuʻu ma lalo e hoʻolei i ka mālamalama i nā wahi āpau o nā lumi. Eia kekahi, ua kau ʻia nā kukui uila ʻelua ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pākaukau lole.
• He ʻumikūmāono suites: ʻo kēlā me kēia me nā lumi ʻelua, ʻekolu lumi moe, nā puka hoʻoheheʻe, ʻelua lumi lumi a me nā alaloa pilikino.
• Aia no na hale o ka lehulehu he cafe, rumi bili, keena telegarapa, hale lole, hale kuai laau, hale kuai pua, wahi wahine kūikawā no ka shuffleboard, lumi pila, ke keena telegarapa, a me na hale cafe. Loaʻa pū kekahi ʻauʻau ʻauʻau a me ka wai mineral, lomilomi a me ke kauka. Aia kekahi mau hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe ma ke kahua arcade.
• ʻO nā hale leʻaleʻa e komo pū ana me nā pā tennis a me nā pā croquet, nā holo rickshaw, kahi papa kolepa 18-hole, nā hale lio, nā huakaʻi hahai holoholona a me nā huakaʻi ma ka hoʻolele uila ma ka muliwai ʻo Hillsborough e nānā i nā alligators a me nā ʻanae.
• ʻO nā meaʻai ahiahi me nā lole nani, nā ʻaʻahu a me nā kāʻei. Ua hoʻonoho ʻia nā mele hoʻokani pila ma ka papa ʻelua o ka lumi ʻaina nui. Ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, ua hoʻokaʻawale nā kāne i ka pā no ka cigars a me nā wai inu ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, nā wahine i ka lumi noho no nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu a kamaʻilio.
• ʻO kekahi lawelawe ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia e ka hōkele he ʻumikūmālima mau hale ʻīlio no ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā holoholona i lawe ʻia e nā malihini hōkele i ko lākou noho ʻana ma Florida. Aia nā kennels ma kahi pāka hapalua ʻeka me nā kumu lāʻau malu a hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka pā ʻeono kapuaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka palapala a ka hōkele i loaʻa:
"ʻO nā hale ʻīlio piha loa o nā hōkele e noho nei."
ʻO Henry Bradley Plant (ʻOkakopa 27, 1819 - Iune 23, 1899), he kanaka pāʻoihana, ʻoihana, a me ka mea hoʻopukapuka kālā e pili ana i nā pono kaʻa a me nā papahana, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā alahao, ma ka hema hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Plant System o nā alahao a me nā mokuahi.
Hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1819 ma Branford, Connecticut, ua komo ʻo Plant i ka ʻoihana kaʻaahi i ka makahiki 1844, e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he ʻelele hōʻike ma ke Alanui ʻo Hartford a me New Haven a hiki i ka makahiki 1853, i ia manawa iā ia ke kuleana holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻoihana kūkaʻi o ia alanui. Ua hele ʻo ia i ka hema i ka makahiki 1853 a ua hoʻokumu i nā laina kikoʻī ma nā ala kaʻaahi hema, a i ka makahiki 1861 ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i ka Southern Express Co., a lilo i pelekikena nona. I ka makahiki 1879 ua kūʻai ʻo ia, me nā mea ʻē aʻe, i ke Alanui ʻAkelanika a me ke Kaʻa Kaiwa o Georgia, a ma hope ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻo ia i ke Alanui Savannah, Florida a me Western Railroad, kahi i lilo ai ʻo ia i pelekikena. Ua kūʻai a kūkulu hou ʻo ia, i ka makahiki 1880, ke Alanui Savannah a me Charleston, i kēia manawa ʻo Charleston a me Savannah. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i ka Plant Investment Co., no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i kēia mau alahao a hoʻonui i ko lākou mau pono ma ke ʻano maʻamau, a ma hope ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i laina mokuahi ma ka muliwai St. John, ma Florida. Mai ka makahiki 1853 a hiki i ka makahiki 1860, he luna nui no ka mahele hema o ka Adams Express Co., a ma ka makahiki 1867 ua lilo oia i peresidena no ka Texas Express Co. I ka makahiki 1880, ua hui pu ia ka hapa nui o kana mau laina kaaahi a me na mokuahi i hoohui ia i loko o ka Plant System. ma hope mai ua lilo ia i ʻāpana o ke Alanui Alanui ʻo Atlantic Coast.
ʻIke nui ʻia ka mea kanu no ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka wahi kaʻawale ʻo Tampa Bay a me ke komohana hema o Florida i ka ʻōnaehana kaʻaahi o ka lāhui a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka lawelawe mokuahi maʻamau ma waena o Tampa, Cuba, a me Key West, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka nui o ka heluna kanaka a me ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma ia wahi. No ka paipai ʻana i nā kaʻa kaʻa, kūkulu ʻo Plant i ka hōkele nui ʻo Tampa Bay Hotel ma kāna laina kaʻaahi ma o Tampa a me kekahi mau hōkele liʻiliʻi ma ka hema, e hoʻomaka ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ia wahi. ʻO kāna hoa hoʻokūkū like ʻole, ʻo Henry Flagler, ua hoʻoulu like i ka ulu ʻana ma ke kahakai ʻo Florida ma ke kūkulu ʻana i ke Alanui Kaʻahele Hikina Hikina ʻo Florida me nā hale hoʻokipa ma kona ala.
I ka makahiki 1896-97, kūkulu ʻo Plant i hale casino/auditorium, a me 80 x 110-kapuai hale hōʻikeʻike ma ka Tampa Bay Hotel a me kahi hale hoʻokipa hui a me ka wai ʻauʻau ma hope. Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka hale kalapu ʻelua mau ala kīwī a me ka pā shuffleboard. I ka wā e pono ai ma ke ʻano he auditorium, hiki ke uhi ʻia ka loko i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka wai puna me ka papahele lāʻau. I ka wā i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia ai ke keʻena, kahi e noho ai 1,800 poʻe i hale keaka, ua lilo nā keʻena ʻaʻahu o ka poʻe keaka i lumi hoʻololi no ka poʻe ʻauʻau. He mau veranda laula nui ko ka hōkele, nā kīhāpai nani, nā pio kukui uila, nā seramika hikina, nā kiʻi a me nā kiʻi pena nani, nā moena Tureke, nā ipu keleawe Pākē. Ua huakaʻi ʻo Mr. lāua ʻo Mrs. Plant i ʻEulopa a me ka Hikina Loa e koho a kūʻai aku i nā lako a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻolako ai i nā lumi lehulehu.
Ua wehewehe ʻia kahi kāleka hōkele o ka makahiki 1924 i ka pā nani penei:
Pono e loaʻa kahi moi nani i kahi hoʻonohonoho kūpono a pēlā nō ia, i loko o kahi kīhāpai o ka nani o nā lau a me nā ʻano. Pono ka ʻeka e hoʻopuni ana i ka hōkele me kona ʻano maikaʻi a no laila e hiki ai i nā ulu ʻalani, nā hele wāwae, a me nā huakaʻi hoʻowalewale ma nā laina lōʻihi o palmetto a ma lalo o nā lāʻau ʻoka ola e hele ana i kā lākou mau hae hina o ka moss Spanish.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi kahawai liʻiliʻi ua kanu ʻia nā mea kanu a me nā huaʻai he nui e like me nā roses, pansies, bamboos, oleander, papayas, mangos a me nā pineapples. No ka mea hiki ke hoʻopōʻino i nā mea kanu o ke anuanu i kekahi manawa, ua kūkulu ʻia kahi conservatory aniani e ulu i nā mea kanu a me nā pua no nā lumi hoʻokipa, nā wahi ākea a me nā papa ʻaina. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana i Bahamas, ua hoʻi mai ke poʻo māla ʻo Auton Fiche me kahi waʻa o nā mea kanu wela. Ma ka makahiki 1892, ua helu ʻia kahi papa inoa o nā huaʻai, nā pua a me nā mea kanu e ulu ana ma nā kahua hōkele he iwakāluakūmālua mau ʻano lāʻau pāma, ʻekolu ʻano maiʻa, ʻumikūmālua ʻano orchids a me nā kumu citrus like ʻole me ka ʻalani, lime, lemon, grapefruit, mandarin a me ka tangerine.
ʻOiai i kēia lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kumu i lilo ai ka Tampa Bay Hotel i mea waiwai o Plant's Florida Gulf Coast Hotels. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka hale mua i hoʻohana ʻia e ke Kulanui o Tampa a aia i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Henry B. Plant. I ka wehe ʻana i ka lā 31 o Ianuali, 1891, ua kākau ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Henry G. Parker ma ka Boston Saturday Evening Gazette,
ʻO ka hōkele ʻo Tampa Bay hou: Ua mālama ʻia ia no ka ʻoihana kaʻaahi a me ka ʻoihana mokuahi, ʻo Mr. HB Plant, e ʻohi i ka hanohano o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hōkele ʻo Florida i ka hōkele maikaʻi loa, kumu mua a nani loa ma ka Hema, inā ʻaʻole i loko. ka aina a pau; a he hotele ia e pono ai ke ao holookoa. ʻO ka waiwai holoʻokoʻa, me ka ʻāina a me ka hale, ʻelua miliona kālā ke kumu kūʻai, a ʻo nā lako a me nā mea pono he hapalua miliona keu aku. ʻAʻohe mea e hōʻeha i ka maka, ʻo ka hopena i hana ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o ka pīhoihoi a me ka hauʻoli.
ʻOiai nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hōkele, ʻaʻole ia he kūleʻa pāʻoihana i ka wā o Plant. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoihoi i nā hōʻike kālā a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he waiwai ka hōkele inā e leʻaleʻa wale i kāna okana paipu Kelemania nui. Hoʻomanaʻo ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Henry B. Plant ma ka hōkele ʻo Tampa Bay (i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1933) i ka makahiki gilded o ka hōkele, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i ka lole ʻahaʻaina no ka ʻaina awakea a ua lawe nā rickshaws i nā malihini ma nā māla nani o ka hōkele. Hōʻike ka lumi kaua Spanish-ʻAmelika i ka moʻolelo i pāʻani ai ka hōkele i ka hakakā 1898 ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Cuba. No ka mea, ʻo Tampa ke kūlanakauhale kokoke loa i Cuba me nā keʻena kaʻaahi a me nā awa, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i wahi e holo ai i ke kaua. Ua koho ʻia ka hōkele he National Historic Landmark i ka makahiki 1977.
ʻO ke keiki kāne a Plant, ʻo Morton Freeman Plant (1852-1918), he hope pelekikena o ka Plant Investment Company mai 1884 a i 1902 a loaʻa iā ia ka hanohano ma ke ʻano he mea holo moku. He ʻāpana ʻo ia ka mea nona ka hui baseball Philadelphia ma ka National League, a ʻo ia wale nō ka mea nona ka New London club ma ka East League o ka ʻōpio Plant i nā makana he nui i nā halemai a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ka mea kaulana loa ʻekolu mau hale moe a me ka makana palena ʻole o $1,000,000 i ke Kulanui ʻo Connecticut no nā wāhine. ʻO ka hale kahiko o Plant i ka makahiki 1905 ma Fifth Avenue ma New York City ka home o Cartier.
ʻO Stanley Turkel ua koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he Historian of the Year e ka Histories Hotels of America, he polokalamu manawaleʻa o ka National Trust for Historic Preservation, nona ka inoa i kapa ʻia ai ma 2020 a me 2015. ʻO Turel ka mea aʻoaʻo kūkā nui loa i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i kāna hana kūkākūkā hōkele e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he loea ʻike i nā hihia e pili ana i ka hōkele, hāʻawi i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka kūkā kamaʻilio hōkele. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ma ke ʻano he Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus e ka Educational Institute o ka American Hotel and Lodging Association. [pale ʻia ka leka uila] 917-628-8549
Ua hoʻopuka ʻia kāna puke hou "Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2".
Nā puke hōkele ʻē aʻe i paʻi ʻia:
• Nā Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui: Nā Paionia o ka ʻOhana Hotel (2009)
• Kūkulu ʻia e Noho Lā: 100+ Mau Hōkele Makahiki Ma Nu Ioka (2011)
• Kukulu ʻia a hala i hope: 100+ mau makahiki mau makahiki ma ka Hikina o ka Misisipi (2013)
• Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt, Oscar o ka Waldorf (2014)
• Nā Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui Volume 2: Nā Paionia o ka ʻOhana Hotel (2016)
• Kukulu ʻia a hala i hope: 100+ mau makahiki mau makahiki ma ke komohana o ka Misisipi (2017)
• Hotel Mavens Volume 2: ʻO Henry Morrison Flagler, ʻO Henry Bradley Plant, ʻo Carl Graham Fisher (2018)
• Nā Luna Nui Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui Volume I (2019)
• Mavens Hotel: Volume 3: ʻO Bob lāua ʻo Larry Tisch, ʻo Ralph Hitz, ʻo Cesar Ritz, ʻo Curt Strand
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Born in 1819 in Branford, Connecticut, Plant entered the railroad service in 1844, serving as express messenger on the Hartford and New Haven Railroad until 1853, during which time he had entire charge of the express business of that road.
- Plant is particularly known for connecting the previously isolated Tampa Bay area and southwest Florida to the nation's railroad system and establishing regular steamship service between Tampa, Cuba, and Key West, helping to spark significant population and economic growth in the region.
- In 1879 he purchased, with others, the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad of Georgia, and later reorganized the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad, of which he became president.
