ʻO ka Hotel Hotel Skirvin Hilton ka hōkele ʻo Oklahoma City. Kūkulu ʻia e William Balser Skirvin, he kamaʻāina no ʻInikiko nāna i hoʻolilo i kona waiwai ma Texas kūkulu ʻāina a me ka aila. Ma 1906, ua neʻe ʻo Skirvin a me kona ʻohana (me kāna kaikamahine ʻo Pearl e lilo ʻo Perle Mesta, ʻelele i Luxemborg a me kahi wahine hoʻokipa kaulana ʻo Wakinekona) i Oklahoma City. Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Skirvin iā Solomon Andrew Layton, he mea kālaiʻike ʻAmelika nāna i hoʻolālā ma mua o 100 mau hale lehulehu ma ka moku ʻo Oklahoma City me ka mokuʻāina ʻo Oklahoma State. I helu ʻia he iwakāluakūmālua mau hale o Layton ma ka National Register of Places Histories.

Ua hana ʻo Skirvin lāua ʻo Layton i ka hōkele e like me ka hiki ke hiki. Ua hoʻouka ʻo Skirvin i kahi paipu kinoea ponoʻī i ka hale, ʻeli ʻekolu mau luawai no ka lako wai, kūkulu i kahi mea kanu hoʻoulu uila a hana i kahi ʻōnaehana holoi lole hale a me ka hōʻoluʻolu.

Ma Kepakemapa 26, 1911, ua wehe ʻia ka hale hoʻonaninani Skirvin Hotel no ka nānā lehulehu. ʻO nā malihini kipa aku i ka hale he 10 mau papa i loaʻa i ʻelua mau ʻēheu o waho, e kū pono ana kēlā me kēia ma ka hema, a me ke kai kūʻono i waena o nā ʻeheu e holo ana ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hale. ʻO ka ʻāpana he ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula e waiho ʻia i loko o kahi kumu paʻa paʻa Flemish, ua kū ka pae haʻahaʻa i ka limana, a he ʻelua komo komo i uhi ʻia. Ma loko, ua hoʻokipa ʻia nā poʻe kipa me kahi keʻena nui ākea i hoʻonani ʻia i ka kikoʻī English Gothic. Ma ka welau komohana o ka papa mua ka Skirvin Drugstore a me nā hale kūʻai ʻē aʻe. Ma ka ʻēheu ʻē aʻe, ua loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku ka Skirvin Café me kahi papa no nā mea hoʻokani pila. Ua kōkua ʻia ka hale kope e ka Grill Room i ka lumi i lalo a me ka lumi kī ma ka mezzanine.

Ke komo nei i kekahi o nā lewa uila ʻelua, ua piʻi aʻe nā malihini i ka papahele kiʻekiʻe kahi i loaʻa ai iā lākou nā 225 lumi hoʻokipa a me nā lumi. He lumi ʻauʻau pilikino ko kēlā me kēia lumi, kāhiko ʻia me nā kapeta vevevet a me nā lako paʻa, a me ke kelepona e pili ana i nā laina ʻo Pioneer Telephone Company ma o ka papa kuapo nui ma hope o ka pākaukau mua.

Ua hoʻomau ʻo Skirvin i ka hāʻawi i ka hōkele i kāna mea e nānā nui ai, ʻoiai ke kū mau nei o kāna luna nui mua, ʻo Frederick Scherubel. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā lā, ke hele ʻole ʻo ia i kāna mau pono aila, hiki ke loaʻa ʻo Skirvin i loko o ka lumi hoʻokipa e hoʻokipa nei i nā malihini a i ʻole ke kamaʻilio pū ʻana me nā mea kālepa a me nā polikiki. Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻo ia i kahi lumi i ka Aoao Repubalika, a ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Democrats, no laila ua lilo ka hōkele i kikowaena no nā politika i nā makahiki mua o ke kūlana mokuʻāina. I kokoke i kāna "lumi leʻaleʻa 225 lumi," ua neʻe ʻo Skirvin i kona ʻohana i kahi lumi lumi ʻelima lumi ma ka papa ʻeiwa. Ma waho aʻe o kāna mau keiki ʻekolu, ʻo ka ʻohana Skirvin nā kāne o nā ʻīlio, nā raccoons, nā ʻio, a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe a lākou i mālama ai ma luna o ka hale.

I loko o nā makahiki he 70 e hiki mai ana, ua hōʻike ka papa inoa hoʻokipa o ka Hotel Skirvin i ka palena palena o ke kūlana ʻōpio ʻōpio. ʻO nā malihini kipa me nā kālaiʻāina hoʻokani paka, nā kahu holoholona manuahi manuahi, nā ʻIniki i uhi ʻia mai nā ʻohana he XNUMX o ka mokuʻāina, nā milioni waiwai o ka aila, nā drillers i uhi ʻia i ka lepo, a ʻo nā powa pū kekahi e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ʻo Al Jennings, ka lawehala mua nāna i hoʻolana kāna noi kiaʻāina mai ke keʻena mai. ʻO William Skirvin, ka mea ʻaʻa mau i ka lole i kaomi maikaʻi ʻia, hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia me nā lima hāmama.

I ka makahiki 1923, ua kūleʻa ka hōkele a me ka ulu mau o Oklahoma City iā Skirvin ua kūpono ka hoʻonui ʻana. Hele hou ka mea ʻaila i ka mea hoʻolālā ʻo Solomon Layton, nāna i hoʻolālā i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻohui i kekahi ʻēheu a me ke kai kūʻono i ka hikina, e pani ana i ka hale kaʻa hoʻokahi papa. Hoʻohui ʻia, ua kāhea ʻia nā hoʻolālā no ka hana hou ʻana i nā lumi āpau e noho nei, ʻo ka mua o nā hana hou e hoʻomaikaʻi ai ka hōkele i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma hope. Ma ka 1926, me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā o $ 650,000, he ʻēheu hou o ka hōkele he 12 mau moʻolelo a me ʻelua mau ʻeheu me 10 mau moʻolelo pākahi.

Ma Malaki 1928, ʻoiai ua hala kekahi wā kūleʻa i ke kaona ʻo Oklahoma City, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Skirvin i nā manaʻo e hāpai i nā ʻeheu āpau i 14 mau moʻolelo a e hoʻomaka i kahi hōʻano hou ʻana o ka hōkele holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻokahi makahiki a me ʻekolu mau mahina ma hope o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o ka luawai mua ma ka honua aila kaulana o ka honua ʻo Oklahoma City, ua hāʻawi ʻo Skirvin i nā ʻaelike mua no ka hana hou. Ma ʻApelila 1930, ua hoʻāla ʻia ka hale holoʻokoʻa i 14 papahele me 525 lumi hoʻokipa, kahi māla o luna, kahi lāʻau cabaret a me ka cafe kahiko i hoʻolilo ʻia i hale kope hou. Ma ka pae honua, ua pāpālua ʻia ka lumi hoʻokalakupua me nā ipukukui Gothic i hoʻolālā ʻia me $ 1,000 no kēlā me kēia mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ke kaupaku, a ua hoʻohui ʻia ka lāʻau ʻoka Pelekane i kālai ʻia i ka paia a me nā puka. ʻO ka hoʻohui hou a Skirvin i kaulana loa ʻo 14th papahele rooftop Venetian Room a me ka Restaurant i hoʻonani ʻia me ka plaster ʻItalia, kahi papahele lāʻau paʻa paʻa, a ʻoi aku ma mua o nā puka aniani he 100 no ka holo ʻana o ka ea. E hoʻopili ana iā ia ma ka hikina, kahi lumi kuke hou, i hoʻolako pono ʻia me nā mea pono o kēia mau lā.

Ma ka ʻēheu komohana, a pili ʻia i ka hale ʻaina e kahi hale moe, ʻo ia ka Venetian Room, kahi lāʻau pāʻina e hōʻike ana i nā mele a me nā hulahula ola. Panela ʻia me ka wōnani ʻAmelika a uhi ʻia me ka mohair i humuhumu ʻia, brocatelle a me damash, ua hoʻonaninani ʻia ka lāʻau me nā mural i hōʻike ʻia nā hanana Venetian. Hoʻonohonoho kūikawā ʻia ka papahele no ka hulahula ʻana me nā palaka ʻē aʻe o ka ʻoka ʻulaʻula a keʻokeʻo i anai ʻia i kahi sheen kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO Hal Pratt ka mea hoʻokani hoʻomaka a me kāna mau Aliʻi Rhythm ʻumikūmāhā e hōʻike nei iā Hilda Olsen a me ka Ruth Laird Rockets. ʻO Zez Confrey, Ted Weems, Ted Fiorito, ʻo Jimmy Joy, ʻo Johnny Johnson, ʻo Charlie Straight, ʻo nā ʻehiku Aces, ʻo ka Ligon Smith Band a me Peppino a me Rhoda, nā mea hulahula kaulana.

Ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻo Oklahoma City e ka piʻi nui o ka hoʻokele waiwai i hoʻomaka ʻia i Kēkēmapa o 1929. Me kona ʻano wiwo ʻole, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Skirvin e hoʻonui ʻo ia i ka hōkele ma o ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hoʻohui hoʻohui ma waena o Broadway. I Malaki o 1931, ua haki nā luina i ka papa no ka 26-level Skirvin Tower i hoʻolālā ʻia, a ua hoʻomau ʻia ka hana a hiki i Ianuali o 1932, i ka wā i hina koke nā waiwai a Skirvin. Me nā papa he 14 wale nō o ka superstructure i hoʻopau ai, ua koi ʻia ʻo Skirvin e haʻalele i ka papahana no ka manawa pōkole, kahi mea i hōʻeha ʻia e ka hoʻolaha kālā kaumaha.

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 1934, ua hoʻomaka hou ʻo Skirvin i ka hana ma ka hale kiaʻi, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻokūkū ʻia a hiki i ka 1938, a ʻo ia wale nō kekahi o nā papahele i mākaukau no ka poʻe noho. Ua wehewehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he "hotele hale hoʻokipa maikaʻi", ua pili ka hale kiaʻi i ka hōkele e kahi tunnel a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā limahana lawelawe i hana i nā hale ʻelua. Ma hope ua hoʻopau nā mea nona ka loko a hana i ka hale kiaʻi ma ke ʻano he hōkele a hiki i ka makahiki 1971, ke hana hou ʻia i loko o kahi keʻena i uhi ʻia me ka aniani. I ka hala ʻana o William Skirvin i ka makahiki 1944, ua hoʻoholo kāna mau keiki ʻekolu e kūʻai aku i nā waiwai.

I Mei o 1945, he mau pule wale nō ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Kelemania, ua kūʻai ʻia aku ka hōkele a me ka hale kiaʻi no $ 3 miliona iā Dan W. James, ka mea nona ka Hōkele ʻEleʻele, kekahi o nā hōkele ʻeono o ke kūlanakauhale. Ua lawe mai ʻo James i nā mākau hoʻokele hōkele i ka Skirvin, no ka mea, ua hana ʻo ia ma nā hōkele mai Louisiana a me Arkansas a i Texas a me Oklahoma. I ka makahiki 1931, ua hele mai ʻo ia i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Oklahoma a kūʻai i ka Hōkele ʻEleʻele. I ka manawa i lilo ai ʻo ia i ka hoʻomalu i nā waiwai Skirvin, ua kū ʻo ia i kahi hana nui, ʻoiai ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kaʻa, nā mea hana kākaʻikahi, a me nā limahana limahana i lawe nui ʻia i ke Kaua Honua II.

No ke ala hou ʻana i ka maikaʻi a me ka hanohano o Skirvin, ua hoʻomaka ʻo James i kahi papahana hōʻano hou he 10 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻouka ʻo ia i ka ea no ka hale holoʻokoʻa; ua pani ʻo ia i nā canopies komo mua me kahi pale ʻūpā; ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i kahi papa inoa hoʻokele a me kahi hale kaʻa i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau; a ua hoʻonani hou ʻo ia i nā lumi hālāwai a pau ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka mezzanine. Ua hoʻopukapuka hou ʻo James i ka hale kiaʻi, kahi i hoʻoponopono hou ai ʻo ia i ka lumi Persian, a hoʻokumu i ka Club Tower, a hoʻopau hou i nā keʻena maikaʻi a me nā lumi ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻike ʻo James ʻaʻole hiki i kahi hōkele hoʻokipa ke kūleʻa i nā makahiki 1940 me ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana i nā lawelawe he nui i ka lehulehu. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā hana āpau e hoʻolako i ka lawelawe lumi, ma ka ʻeiwa-i-ʻelima mau malihini holoi lole, kahi stenographer a me ka notary, kahi hale kūʻai nani, hale kūʻai barber, a me kahi kauka hale.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻo James i kekahi mau papahana e hōʻoia i ka pilina o nā limahana maikaʻi a me ka hoʻāʻo nui ʻana. Ua hana ʻo ia i kahi makasina ma ka hale 8-ʻaoʻao, ʻo Inn-Side Stuff, nāna i lawe ka nūhou e pili ana i nā limahana, nā hoʻokūkū no ka lawelawe kūpono, a me ka ʻike e pili ana i nā mahele ʻē aʻe o ka hōkele. Ua hoʻolauna pū ʻo James i nā papahana kōkua limahana e like me nā kulekele ʻinikua uku ʻia e nā ʻoihana no nā limahana lōʻihi a me nā ʻaina Mele Kalikimaka makahiki no nā limahana a pau a me ko lākou ʻohana.

ʻO ia mau kulekele i hoʻolilo iā Skirvin i hoʻokahi o nā hōkele kūleʻa loa ma ke Komohana Hema, kahi kuleana nui i loko o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ia ke kolu o New York a me Chicago wale nō i ka helu o nā ʻaha kūkā i huki ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻonui ʻia kēia kūlana i nā makahiki post-war e nā huakaʻi pelekikena a Harry Truman a na Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ua kōkua nā hanana ʻelua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana iā Skirvin ma ke ʻano he mōʻī wahine o nā hōkele ma Oklahoma City.

ʻO Stanley Turkel

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.

Ua hoʻopuka ʻia kāna puke hou e ka mea kākau ʻo HomeHouse: "Hotel Mavens Volume 2: ʻO Henry Morrison Flagler, ʻO Henry Bradley Plant, ʻo Carl Graham Fisher."

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