Ke hele wāwae nei ʻoe e pili ana i nā kahua o Cranwell Resort, ke hele nei ʻoe ma waena o ka mōʻaukala. I loko o nā makahiki, ua lilo ʻo Cranwell i home no ka poʻe ʻoihana waiwai, nā kāhuna pule, nā mea kākau, nā haumāna, nā kolepa, a me nā poʻe aloha moʻomeheu ma Massachusetts. ʻO ke kikowaena o ka waiwai, me nā ʻike kupaianaha o ka Berkshires, ʻo ia ka hale kiʻekiʻe ʻo Tudor, kahi i noho aliʻi ma luna o ka ʻāina ma mua o hoʻokahi kenekulia. Hoʻopili pū ʻia ka moʻolelo o Cranwell me nā moʻolelo he nui o ka wā opulent ma waena o 1880 a me 1920 i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he Gilded Age.
I ka makahiki 1853, ua kūʻai aku ke Kahu ʻO Henry Ward Beecher iā Blossom Hill, kahi e kū nei ka Cranwell Mansion i kēia manawa, no $ 4,500. Ua aloha ʻo ia i nā manaʻo mai ka piko o ka puʻu a mai kēia wahi kiʻekiʻe ʻo ia i hoʻolaha ai, "Mai aneʻi hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i nā puʻu o ka Lani". ʻO kēia nā manaʻo i hiki ke ʻike ʻia i kēia lā ke noho ʻoe ma ka Rose Terrace i ka wā ahiahi kahi o nā ʻaoʻao kaʻao i mālama ʻia ma kahi o 100 mau makahiki i hala. Ua hana ʻo Reverend Beecher i ka koho a nā wahine a me nā neʻe kūʻē kūʻē kauā. Ua loaʻa iā ia nā moemoeā pelekikena i hoʻopau ʻia e kahi hana hoʻowahāwahā, a no laila, ua waiho ʻia ia no kona kaikuahine ʻo Harriet Beecher Stowe e koi i ka kaulana ma o kāna puke kūʻai anti-slavery maikaʻi loa, ʻo ʻAnakala Tom's Cabin.
Ua kūʻai aku ʻo General John F. Rathbone i ka waiwai mai Beecher ma 1869 a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kūkulu ma ka neʻe ʻana i ka hale mahiʻai o Beecher i ka ʻaoʻao o ka puʻu i loaʻa ai i kona home hou ka ʻike kauoha o nā kuaʻāina. ʻO ka home āna i kūkulu ai, ʻo Wyndhurst, nui loa ia e nā kūlana o ka lā a ua kau ʻia ma 380 mau ʻeka. I ka manawa like, ma ke kua o ka puʻu, kūkulu kekahi ʻohana i kahi hale hou ʻē aʻe. ʻO Kāpena ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo John S. Barnes, Luna Hae o ka North Atlantic Fleet i ka wā o ke Kaua Kivila, ua kūʻai aku i ka ʻāina no $ 10,000 i ka makahiki 1882 a kūkulu ʻo Coldbrooke i kēia manawa i kapa ʻia ʻo Beecher's Cottage a me kahi ʻāpana o ka waiwai Cranwell.
ʻO John Sloane, kahi hoahānau o ka Vanderbilts a me ka mea nona ka hale paʻa hale kaulana, ʻo W & J Sloane, ka mea nona ka waiwai hou aʻe i ke kūkulu ʻana i kāna hale i 1894. Ma hope o ka wāwahi ʻana i ka hale mahiʻai ʻo Rathbone's Wyndhurst a me Beecher, ua kūkulu ʻo Sloane i hale ʻē aʻe ʻO Wyndhurst, ka mea i hoʻokūkū i ka nui a me ka hanohano o ka mea mua. Ua kauoha ʻo ia iā Frederick Law Olmsted, ke kuhikuhonua kaulana i hana i ka New York's Central Park e hoʻolālā i ka pā.
Ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana a ke kaikamahine a Sloane ʻo Evelyn i ka waiwai i kahi hui o nā mea hoʻomohala Florida ma 1925, ua holo pōkole ʻia ka waiwai ma ke ʻano he Berkshire Hunt a me Country Club. A laila ua kūʻai ʻo Edward Cranwell iā ia ma 1930 a ua hāʻawi i ka waiwai i ka Society of Jesus of New England i 1939, e lilo i kula pilikino no nā keikikāne i kapa ʻia ka inoa o ka mea kōkua manawaleʻa. Ma hope o ka hana ʻana no nā makahiki he nui, ua hāʻule ke kula i ka emi ʻana, pani ʻia nā puka i ka makahiki 1975.
I kēia lā ʻo Cranwell, me ka hapa nui o kona hanohano mua i hoʻihoʻi ʻia, ulu ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi nui ʻehā mau kau. Hāʻawi ka resort i nā lumi deluxe 114 e waiho ana i nā hale like ʻole: ka Founder's Cottage, ʻo Olmstead Manor, ʻo Beecher's Cottage (Coldbrooke ma mua), a me ka Mansion (ʻo Wyndhurst ma mua). ʻO Cranwell kahi home i ka Spa papa honua ma Cranwell, kekahi o nā spa nui loa ma ka ʻĀkau Hikina. ʻO Cranwell's 18-hole champion golf course ʻo ia ka kumu i hoʻolālā ʻia e Stiles a me Van Cleek. I ka hoʻoilo, hoʻolilo ka hau i ka papa i paradaiso skier-country. Hāʻawi ʻia kahi meaʻai maikaʻi loa ma Cranwell's Wyndhurst lanakila lanakila a me ka lumi mele, ʻoiai ke loaʻa nā uku hoʻolimalima ma Sloane's Tavern i kēlā me kēia makahiki. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoiai e ʻākoakoa nā ʻoihana mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e hui ai, hoʻokani ʻo Cranwell i ka male ʻana i nā puke moʻolelo moʻolelo o nā kūlike āpau.
He lālā ʻo Cranwell Resort no nā Hōkele History hanohano o ʻAmelika, kahi papahana kūhelu o ka National Trust for History Preservation. Koho ʻia no kēia papahana, pono ma kahi o 50 mau makahiki ka hōkele, i helu ʻia i loko a i ʻole koho ʻia no ka National Register of Histories Places a ʻike ʻia ma kahi kūloko me ke ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala.
ʻO ka mea kākau, ʻo Stanley Turkel, kahi mana a me ke kākā'ōlelo i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻoihana hōkele. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i kona 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. ʻO kāna mau puke e pili pū ana: Nā Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui: Nā Paionia o ka ʻOhana Hotel (2009), Kūkulu ʻia E Noho Hou: 100+ Mau Hōkele Makahiki Ma NūIoka (2011), Kūkulu ʻia E Noho Hou: 100+ Mau Hōkele Makahiki Ma ka Hikina o ka Misisipi (2013 ), Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt and Oscar of the Waldorf (2014), and Great American Hoteliers Volume 2: Pioneers of the Hotel Industry (2016), nā mea a pau i kauoha ʻia mai AuthorHouse ma ke kipa ʻana stanleyturkel.com.
