ʻO ka pūnaewele kahi a The Grand Hotel e noho nei i kēia lā i ʻike ai i ʻelua mau hōkele ma mua i kapa ʻia pēlā, a ʻo ka wahi e pili ana i ka hōkele a me nā kahua i loaʻa kahi moʻolelo lōʻihi a pīhoihoi hoʻi. Hoʻomaka ia i ka makahiki 1847, i ka wā i kūkulu ai kahi Mr. Chamberlain i kahi hōkele nunui, 100 kapuaʻi ka loa, ʻelua papahele me nā lāʻau i lawe ʻia mai Mobile, Alabama, e nā moku peʻa. He kanahā mau lumi kipa a me kahi hale kiʻi alo i uhi ʻia me nā alapiʻi o waho i kēlā me kēia hopena. Aia ka lumi ʻaina i loko o kahi hale e pili ana, a ʻo ka hale ʻekolu ʻelua papahele, i kapa ʻia ʻo The Texas, ka mea i paʻa i ka pā. Ua luku ʻia i kahi makani pāhili 1893, ua kūkulu hou ʻia ka pā a, e like me kahi hōʻike o kēia wā, "ʻO ia kahi kahi e ʻākoakoa ai nā mea kālepa o ka Hema, a ʻo nā pāʻani poker me nā koina kiʻekiʻe, a ʻo nā biliard i hoʻolauna ʻia me nā mea inu ʻona maikaʻi loa kā lākou mea leʻaleʻa. ” ʻO kahi hale ʻehā, kahi hale hale ʻelua papa i kapa ʻia ʻo Gunnison House, he hale kauwela pilikino ia. Ua lilo ia i wahi hālāwai nui ma mua o ke Kaua Kivila.

Ma ke ʻano he koena paʻa paʻa i ka wā o ke Kaua Kivila, ke awa ma Mobile ka kahi kaulana no ka poʻe holo palaka. I loko o ke kaua 1864 ma waena o Confederates a me Union, alakaʻi ʻia e Admiral David Farragut- kahi āna i hoʻolaha nui ai "e hōʻino i nā torpedoes, holo wikiwiki i mua" - ua kīkaha nā mea hui i ka pūʻali koa Union me nā torpedoes, a ma hope ua poho ka Tecumseh. Ua loaʻa kahi puka nui ma ka paia o ka Hale Gunnison, aia ma ke kahua o ka Convention Center i kēia lā. Noho mau ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Mobile ma Confederate mau lima a hiki i ka 1865 ʻoiai ua lilo ka hōkele i hale haukapila kahua no nā koa Confederate. ʻO Farragut kahi Uniona Hema i kūʻē kūʻē i ka hoʻokaʻawale Hema a noho kūpaʻa ʻo ia i ka Union ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Kivila.

Ua make nā koa 300 Confederate ʻoiai ma ka haukapila a kanu ʻia i ka hale kupapaʻu ma ka pūnaewele, Confederate Rest. Kanu ʻia nā koa i luna o ka poʻohiwi i ka poʻohiwi, i nā ilina nui. I ka 1869, ua hoʻopau ke ahi i nā palapala e hōʻike ana i ka mea i make a me kahi kia hoʻomanaʻo no nā koa ʻike ʻole ʻia i kūkulu ʻia ma ka hale kupapaʻu, e kū nei a hiki i kēia lā.

Ua wehe hou ka hōkele ma hope o ke kaua akā ua aneane luku ʻia e kahi ahi i ka makahiki 1869. Kupanaha, ʻaʻole i hōʻeha ʻia kekahi o nā malihini he 150, a ua hoʻōla ʻia nā hopena pilikino a pau, a me nā lilina hōkele a me ka hapa nui o nā lako hale.

Ua hana hou ʻia a hauʻoli hou ka hōkele i kahi ola kūleʻa. Akā i kēlā manawa, i ʻAukake 1871, ua kū ka ʻino. Ua pahū ka mokuahi iwakāluakūmāhiku tone ʻo Ocean Wave ma ka piʻo Point Clear i Hawaii a make nā helu o nā malihini hōkele. No nā makahiki ma hope, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻāpana o ka mokuahi wāwahi i ke au haʻahaʻa.

Ma hope o ka pahū ʻana, ua loaʻa iā Kāpena HC Baldwin o Mobile ka waiwai, a ua kūkulu ʻo ia i hale hōkele hou e like me ka hale 100-kapuai mua, akā ʻekolu manawa ka lōʻihi. ʻO ka hūnōna kāne a Baldwin, ʻo George Johnson, Louisiana State Treasurer, ua hana ikaika i ka ʻoihana a lilo i mea nona i ka make ʻana o Baldwin. Ua wehe ʻia kēia hale papa ʻelua o nā suites he kanaono i ka makahiki 1875. Ua kū nā mokuahi ma Point Clear ʻekolu manawa o ka pule e lawe mai i nā malihini hōkele. I ka makahiki 1889, hiki mai nā waʻa i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka uku hoʻoilo he ʻelua kālā i ka lā, ʻumi kālā i kēlā me kēia pule, a he kanahā kālā i kēlā me kēia mahina. Ua ulu ka hale hoʻokipa.

I nā makahiki 1890, ʻo Point Clear ke kikowaena o ka nohona kaiāulu maikaʻi loa ma ka Hema Hema. Paʻa nā waʻa i ka poʻe ʻimi leʻaleʻa mai Mobile a me New Orleans i kū ma ka uapo; kalaiwa nā kaʻa a me nā paikikala tandem i loko a ma waho o ke kalaiwa; ʻākoakoa nā pā kani a me nā picnickers i nā lau ākea. Ua ʻike ʻia ka Grand Hotel ma ke ʻano ʻo "The Queen of Southern Resorts."

Ma ka makahiki 1939 nae, ua poino loa ia wahi a ua hoopauia kona mau mea hou, ka Hui Mokuahi Waterman, a i ka makahiki 1940, kukuluia ka Hotele Nui III. He hale ea hou keia me kanaiwa rumi; ua laha lōʻihi a haʻahaʻa, me nā puka aniani kiʻi nunui a me nā lanai aniani. I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua kūkulu ʻia nā hale, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka papahele paina puʻuwai maikaʻi a me ke kālai, mai ka hale kahiko. I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, i ka wā i hoʻolilo ai ka ʻoihana moku i ke aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no $1 miliona, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole e komo nā koa i nā kāmaʻa i loko o ka hale o hōʻino lākou i ka papahele paina.

Ma 1955, ua loaʻa ka hale hōkele ʻo Alabama e McLean Industries, a he ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope mai ua kūʻai ʻo JK McLean ponoʻī iā ia a hoʻokumu i ka Grand Hotel Company i kēia manawa. Kūkulu ʻia kahi mea hou he kanalima lumi a ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia.

I ka 1967, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi papa kolepa kolepa ʻelua a me ke kikowaena ʻaha kūkā mua. Ma 9, pani ka hōkele ma muli o ka Hurricane Frederick a ma hope o ka wehe hou ʻana i ka lā 1979 ʻApelila 10. I ka makahiki 1980, ua kūʻai aku ka Marriott Corporation i ka The Grand Hotel a hoʻohui ʻia ka North Bay House a me ka Hale ʻo Marina, e lawe ana i nā lumi hoʻokipa he 1981. I ka makahiki 306, ua wāwahi ʻia ka hale kahiko o Gunnison e hana i ke ala no ka Grand Ballroom. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Marriott i kahi papa kolepa 1986-hole hou aʻe no ka huina o 9 mau puka. Ua pau nā hana hou i ka hōkele ma 36, me kahi spa hou, wai ʻauʻau a me nā lumi malihini hou. Ua pau ka hana hou ʻana o ka papa Dogwood ma 2003. Ua pau ka hana hou ʻana o ka papa Azalea ma 2004.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka pā o ka Grand a me nā manawa kūpono waiwai hou i ka makahiki 2006. Ua wehe ʻia ka Colony Club ma ka Grand Hotel i ka makahiki 2008 a hōʻike ʻia nā condominiums e nānā pono ana iā Point Clear a me Mobile Bay. Ua wehe ʻia kahi hale wai hou a me kahi kikowaena tennis ma ke kahua kai i Iulai 2009.

Ua hoʻomaka ka lā aloha o ka pūʻali koa aloha ʻāina i ke aloha a me ke kī ʻana o ka pūkuniahi i ka makahiki 2008. Ke hoʻomau nei ka mahalo o kēia hōkele ʻo Alabama i ka mana koa. I kēlā me kēia lā e hoʻomaka kahi kaʻina hana ma ka hale hoʻokipa, ulana a puni ka pā, a hoʻopau me ke kī ʻana o kahi pūkuniahi ma 4:00 PM. ʻO ka Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, he lālā o ka History Hotels Autograph Collection o ʻAmelika a me ka National Trust no ka mālama ʻana i ka mōʻaukala.

ʻO ka mea kākau, ʻo Stanley Turkel, kahi mana i ʻike ʻia a kūkākūkā pū me ia i ka ʻoihana hōkele. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i kāna hōkele, hoʻokipa a me ka hana aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo loea i ka hoʻokele waiwai, nā loiloi hana a me ka maikaʻi o nā ʻaelike franchise hotel a me nā kuleana kākoʻo litigation. ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku nā mea hōkele, nā mea hoʻopukapuka, a me nā ʻoihana hōʻaiʻē.

"Nā Luna Nui Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui"

ʻO kaʻu puke mōʻaukala hōkele ʻewalu i hōʻike ʻia i nā mea kālaiʻike he ʻumikūmālua i hoʻolālā i nā hōkele 94 mai 1878 a 1948: Warren & Wetmore, Schultze & Weaver, Julia Morgan, Emery Roth, McKim, Mead & White, Henry J. Hardenbergh, Carrere & Hastings, Mulliken & Moeller, ʻO Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, Trowbridge & Livingston, George B. Post a me nā keiki kāne.

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Destroyed in an 1893 hurricane, the bar was rebuilt and, according to one contemporary report, “It was the gathering place for the merchants of the South, and poker games with high stakes, and billiards enlivened with the best of liquors were their pastimes.
In 1869, a fire destroyed the documents that identified the deceased and a monument to the unknown soldiers was later constructed at the cemetery, which still stands today.
During the 1864 battle between the Confederates and Union, led by Admiral David Farragut- in which he famously proclaimed “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead”- the confederates bombarded the Union soldiers with torpedoes, eventually sinking the Tecumseh.