ʻO ka hōkele hana kahiko loa ma Austin Texas: Hōkele ʻo Driskill

ʻO ka hōkele hana kahiko loa ma Austin Texas: Hōkele ʻo Driskill
ʻO ka hōkele hana kahiko loa ma Austin Texas Driskill Hotel

ʻO ka Driskill, kahi hale Romanesque-style i pau i ka makahiki 1886, ʻo ia ka hōkele hana kahiko loa ma Austin, Texas, a ʻo kekahi o nā hōkele kaulana loa ma Texas.

  1. Ua kūʻai ʻia ka ʻāina e kūkulu i ka Hotel Driskill ma 1884 no $ 7500 a laila wehe ʻia i ka makahiki 1886.
  2. Ua wehe ʻia ka hōkele me nā lumi he 60 me nā lumi kihi he 12 me kahi hiʻohilohi ʻole i nā hōkele o ia wahi i ka wā i ʻauʻau ʻia.
  3. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka hale no nā puka kaʻawale no nā kāne a me nā wahine - ʻaʻohe mea maʻamau ia manawa.

Ua hapai ʻia ka Driskill e Col. Jesse Driskill, kahi kahu pipi nāna i hoʻolilo kāna waiwai e kūkulu "ka hōkele maikaʻi loa ma ka hema o St. Louis". Ua hamo ʻia ʻo ia me ke kālā mai kāna lawelawe ʻana i ka pūʻali koa Confederate kahi āna i hoʻolako ai i ka pipi ma loko o ke Kaua Kivila. I ka makahiki 1884, ua kūʻai ʻo Driscoll i ka ʻāina ma ke kaona ʻo Austin no $ 7500 a hoʻolaha i nā hoʻolālā no ka hōkele hou. I kēia lā, noho mau ka Driskill i kekahi o nā hōkele mua ma Austin, e hōʻike ana i nā lumi hoʻoluʻu wahine mare, nā hale ʻaina ʻelua, a me kahi lumi lumi nui.

Ua wehe ka baron pipi ʻo Jesse Driskill i ka hōkele ma ka makahiki 1886 ma ke kaona mua. Ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope ke hele aku kāna waiwai ma ke kaput ma hope o ka make ʻana o kāna ʻohana holoholona i kahi kau maloʻo nui a me ka hau.

Hoʻokomo ʻia ka Driskill i ʻelua mau hale pili; ʻo ka hale Romanesque Revival hale ʻehā ʻehā papa i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1886, a kūkulu ʻia kahi hoʻohui hoʻohui he 13 ma 1930.

ʻO ka hale kumu, i hoʻolālā ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā Austin kūloko ʻo Jasper N. Preston, i kūkulu ʻia me ʻeono miliona mau pōhaku kaomi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me nā ʻākeʻe keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo. Aia i loko o ka hale he ʻelua mau porticos ma ke alo hema a me ka hikina, kahi i loaʻa nā aʻa nui o Richardsonian i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka nui ma Texas. Aia i loko o ka façade ʻekolu mau pahu limestone o Driskill a me kāna mau keiki kāne; ʻO JW "Bud" Driskill e kū pono ana i ke Alanui Brazos, ʻo AW "Tobe" Driskill e kū pono ana i ke alaloa ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana, a ʻo Jesse Driskill e kū pono ana i ke alanui ʻeono, nona ka umauma e hoʻopuni ʻia e nā kālai kāhiko e komo pū ana me nā longhorn ma nā welau gable.

Ua wehe ʻia ka hōkele me nā lumi he 60 me nā lumi kihi he 12 me nā ʻauʻau pili, kahi hiʻohiʻona nui ʻole i nā hōkele o ka ʻāina i kēlā manawa. Ma waenakonu o ka hōkele kahi rotunda hāhā wehe ʻia i uhi ʻia e kahi kukui uila, kahi i hana ʻia e like me ka flue e omo ai i ka ea wela a hoʻoluʻolu i ka hale; ua hemo ka skylight ke kau ʻia ka ea i luna o ka hale ma 1950. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka hale no nā puka kaʻawale no nā kāne a me nā wahine. ʻO nā puka komo ʻelua, ma ke Alanui ʻEono a ʻo kekahi e kū pono ana i ke alaloa ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka hale, i mālama ʻia no nā kāne a pili ʻia e kahi hale kūʻai hale paka, ʻo kahi lumi nūhou a me kahi hale ʻaina e hōʻike ana i nā ʻauʻau. ʻO ka puka komo o nā wahine ma ke alanui Brazos i ʻae ʻia i nā malihini wahine e hele pololei i ko lākou mau lumi, no laila e hōʻalo ai i ka uahi paka a me nā kamaʻilio koʻikoʻi a nā cattlemen i loko o ka lumi. ʻO ka papahele ʻelua ka lumi ʻaina nui a me ka lumi hoʻokipa, nā keʻena kaʻawale no nā kāne a me nā wahine, kahi lumi ʻaina a nā keiki, a me nā lumi hoʻokipa. ʻO nā mea hoʻonaninani ʻē aʻe i hoʻopili ʻia me kahi ʻōnaehana bele uila, nā keʻena marble, ka hoʻomehana mahu, a me nā kukui uila.

ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻāina he 13 mau papa, hoʻolālā ʻia e ka hale kūkulu hale ʻo El Paso ʻo Trost & Trost, i wehe ʻia ma ka makahiki 1930. Aia i loko o ka lumi he 180 lumi kahi hale bungalow i hiki ke kiʻi ʻia mai ka hale o ka hale. Aia i loko o ka bungalow nā lumi moe ʻelua me nā ʻauʻau ponoʻī, kahi lumi, a me kahi lumi kuke piha. Ua hoʻohana mua ʻia ka bungalow ma ke ʻano he wahi pilikino e nā luna o ka South Pacific Railroad, akā ua hoʻolimalima ʻia i nā malihini kipa kiʻekiʻe e like me Jack Dempsey, Bob Hope, a me Pelekikena Lyndon Johnson. I ka makahiki 1979, ua hoʻihoʻi hou ka luna hōkele i ka hale e hoʻohana ai ma ke ʻano he hale pilikino nona.

I ka makahiki 1934, ua hui pū kekahi mea kōkua ʻahaʻōpio ma Texas i kapa ʻia ʻo Lyndon B. Johnson iā Claudia Alta Taylor no ko lākou lā mua: kahi ʻaina kakahiaka ma ka lumi ʻaina Driskill. Nui loa kona aloha iā ia i hāpai i ka male i kēlā lā. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia a me Lady Bird i ka pilina ikaika me ka hōkele, ke nānā nei hoʻi i nā hoʻihoʻi balota no kāna moho pelekikena hope a pelekikena hoʻi. A i kēia lā hiki i nā malihini ke noho i kahi keʻena i kapa ʻia kona inoa.

Ua wehe ʻia ka hōkele ma ka lā 20 o Kēkēmapa, 1886, a ua hōʻike ʻia i kahi paʻi kūikawā o ka Austin Daily Statesman. Ma Ianuali 1, 1887, ua paʻa ʻo Kāpena Sul Ross i kāna kinipōpō hoʻomaka i loko o kona keʻena kinipōpō, e hoʻomaka ana i kahi kuʻuna no kēlā me kēia kiaʻāina Texas mai ia manawa. I Mei 1887, ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka wehe ʻana, ua koi ʻia ʻo Driskill e pani i ka hōkele, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana hou i ka hōkele ma hope o ka hoʻoilo a me ka maloʻo i luku ai i kāna papa helu bipi. Hoʻohui ʻia, SE McIlhenny, ka luna nui o ka hōkele, a ʻo ka hapa o nā limahana i hoʻolimalima ʻia e ka Hotele Beach ma Galveston, ka mea nāna i hoʻolalelale i ka pani ʻana. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Driskill i ka hōkele ma 1888 i kona kaikoʻeke, ʻo Jim "Doc" Day, nāna i wehe hou i ka hōkele ma ka hopena o 1888.

Austin magnate George Littlefield, kuleana no nā palena ʻāina ʻo Austin i wehe i ka Austin National Bank ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina hema o ka hale; ke waiho nei ka waihona kālā kahiko. Ma hope ua kūʻai ʻo Littlefield i ka hōkele no $ 106,000 i 1895 a hoʻohiki ʻaʻole ia e pani hou. Ua hoʻopukapuka ʻo Littlefield ma kahi o $ 60,000 i nā hana hou, e like me nā frescoes kaupaku, nā uila uila, hoʻomehana hoʻā, a me 28 mau lavatories hou aʻe, akā naʻe kūʻai aku ka hōkele ma kahi poho o $ 25,000 i ka makahiki 1903 i ka mea hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū ʻo Wilmot. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Wilmot i kahi barbershop a me nā spa wahine e hōʻike ana i nā ʻauʻau Tureke, nānā i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hoʻohui hoʻohui, a hoʻonani ʻia i ka lumi puhipaka mua me nā aniani aniani pepa gula Austrian ʻewalu i mālama ʻia e Maximilian lāua ʻo Carlota o Mekiko.

I ka makahiki 1950, ua hoʻomaka ka hōkele i kahi hana hou, a pani ʻia ka puka ʻeono o ke alanui ʻeono a hemo i ko skelight rotunda ala e hana ai i nā keʻena ea ma luna o ka hale. Ma 1952, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka Austin National Bank ma mua i ke keʻena kīwī no KTBC, ke kahua kīwī mua loa ma Central Texas.

I ka makahiki 1969, pani ka Driskill i kona mau lumi hoʻokipa ma ke kakali ʻana i kahi hana hou a me ka hale kiaʻi hou i loaʻa kahi ʻāpana aniani o kēia au i kū ʻole ʻia. Ua kūʻai ʻia ka hapa nui o kāna lako, a ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi ʻatikala ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika, "Driskill Hotel's Fate 'Sealed'." Hoʻopakele ʻia ka hōkele mai ka pōpō wawahi ma kahi o ka minuke hope loa, eia naʻe, i ka wā i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ai kahi hui nonprofit i kapa ʻia ʻo Driskill Hotel Corporation $ 900,000.

I ka makahiki 1908, halawai nā Kaikamahine o ka Lepupalika ʻo Texas ma ka hōkele ʻo Driskill e kūkākūkā i ka hopena o ka Misiona Alamo ma San Antonio. Ma ka hālāwai, ua hoʻokaʻawale kahi mahele i waena o ʻelua ʻāpana o ka hui inā e wāwahi a mālama paha i ka hale.

Ua kūʻai ʻo Braniff International Hotels, Inc., kahi mahele o Braniff Airways, Inc., o Dallas, Texas, i ka hōkele ma 1972 a ua hoʻomaka i kahi $ 350,000 hoihoi hou ʻia o ka lumi nui o ka hale mōʻaukala. Ua wehe hou ʻo Braniff i ka hōkele i nā mea kūʻai aku ma Ianuali 15, 1973, i nā puke a me ka ʻoihana kūkā kūkā. Ua kiola ʻo Braniff i kahi hoʻolauleʻa kūhelu nui kūhelu ma Pepeluali 10, 1973. Ma luna o 1000 mau malihini i hele i ka hanana gala i komo pū ka paikau o kēlā me kēia Kiaʻāina Texas a me / a i ʻole kā lākou poʻe mamo, mai ka makahiki 1886. ʻO nā loaʻa kālā āpau mai ka hanana i hele i ka Austin Heritage Society, ka mea i he mea hana maʻalahi i ka ala hou ʻana o ka Hotel Driskill.

I ka 1995, ua kūʻai ʻia ʻo The Driskill e Great American Life Insurance, nāna i hoʻomaka i kahi hōʻano hou $ 30 miliona e hoʻihoʻi i ka hōkele i kona ʻano maoli, i hoʻololi nui ʻia i nā makahiki. Ua pani ʻia ka hōkele no ʻehā mau makahiki no ka hana hou a ua wehe hou ʻia i kahi hoʻolauleʻa Millennium ma Kēkēmapa 31, 1999.

I ka 2013, ua kūʻai ʻia ka Driskill e Nā Hōkele ʻO Hyatt ʻO Corporation no $ 85 miliona, nāna i hoʻomaka i kahi hōʻano hou $ 8 miliona o ka hōkele i helu ʻia i ka National Register of Historic Places i Nowemapa 25, 1969.

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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

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