ʻO Severin Hotel: punahele o nā poʻe holo ma nā kaʻaahi 300 i kēlā me kēia lā

1. Ua kūkulu ʻia e Henry Severin Jr., ka hoʻoilina o kahi waiwai kūʻai nui, me ke kōkua ʻana mai nā mea hoʻomohala waiwai ʻo Carl Graham Fisher lāua ʻo James A. Allison.
2. Ua kūkulu ʻo Fisher lāua ʻo Allison i ke ala kaulana ʻo Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
3. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka hōkele e Vonnegut lāua ʻo Bohn, kahi hale kūkulu hale hana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana a hiki i ka waena o ke kenekulia 20 o Indianapolis.

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I ka make ʻana o Bernard Vonnegut, Sr. i ka makahiki 1908, ua pani ʻia ʻo ia e kāna keiki ʻo Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. nāna i lilo i makua kāne o Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., ka mea kākau moʻolelo kaulana.

Ua kūkulu ʻia ka Grand Hotel i ka makahiki 1876 a, i kekahi manawa, nona ka hale ʻo Thomas Taggart nona ka French Lick Springs Hotel. Ua lawelawe ʻo Taggart ma hope ma ke ʻano he Meia no Indianapolis a me US Senator mai Indiana.

I ka lā 19 o Pepeluali, 1905, ua hoʻomaka ke ahi ma ka hale wili hale kūʻai nui o Fahnley & McCrea, a pahola aku i ʻewalu mau hale pili me ka Grand Hotel, a laila ka hōkele nui loa ma Indiana. I loko o nā minuke he kanahākūmālima, ua luku loa ʻia nā hale ʻewalu o ka moku i hoʻoweliweli ʻia. ʻOiai ua waiho ʻia ka poho waiwai ma $1.1 miliona, ua laki ka hoʻopakele ʻana o ka Grand Hotel mai ka pōʻino nui.

He kūlana koʻikoʻi ka Severin Hotel ma ka lani Wholesale District e kū pono ana i ka Union Station a me ka hapa nui o nā hōkele kokoke. Hana ʻia ka hōkele ʻumikūmālua papa me kahi kiʻi paʻa i hoʻoikaika ʻia me nā pā pale pōhaku. He ʻumikūmākahi nā kaʻa ākea ma ke alanui ʻo West Georgia a ʻelima mau kai ma ke alanui ʻo South Illinois a me McCrea. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā papa mua ʻelua i kahi hoʻolālā Renaissance o nā puka aniani monumental. Mai ke kolu a hiki i ka papahele ʻumikūmālua, hahai nā puka makani ʻāʻī i ke ʻano mānoanoa like.

Ua mālama ʻia ka hōkele a hiki i ka makahiki 1966 e Warren M. Atkinson ka mea nāna i kapa ʻia ka hōkele ʻo Atkinson Hotel. I ka makahiki 1988, ua kūʻai aku ka Mansur Development Corporation i ka hōkele a, ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o $ 40 miliona, ua kapa hou ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Omni Severin Hotel. I loko o ka wā hoʻihoʻi hou, ua kūkulu ʻia ʻelua mau hale kiaʻi hou he ʻumikumamālua a ua hoʻopili ʻia ka hōkele i hoʻonui ʻia i ka Circle Center Mall a me ke kikowaena hui.

Aia ka lobby kumu mua ma ka lumi hoʻokani pila ʻo Severin i kēia lā. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ala hao nani i nalowale ma luna o ka lobby i loko o kahi hale hale 30 mile mai ka hōkele a ua hoʻokomo ʻia ma ko lākou wahi mua. Ke lawelawe mau nei ka pahu leta keleawe o ka makahiki 1913 ma ke ano he pahu leta hana a hiki i keia la. Aia nā lumi hoʻokipa māhoe paʻa maoli ma kēlā me kēia pae ʻeleʻele. I loko o ka Severin Ballroom, ho'omana'o ka mō'aukala nani o ka hōkele o Austrian a me kahi alapi'i marble. Aia ka Omni Severin Hotel ma ka National Register of Historic Places a he lālā ia o Hōkele mōʻaukala o ʻAmelika.

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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