ʻO ka holomua o Henry M. Flagler's Ponce de Leon Hotel ma St. Augustine i hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā Henry B. Plant e pono ana ʻo Tampa i kahi hōkele hou kupaianaha. Me ka ʻae ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale no kahi alahaka hou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Hillsborough a no ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka ʻauhau waiwai, ua koho ʻo Plant i ka mea kākau kiʻi o New York City ʻo John A. Wood e hoʻolālā i kahi hōkele nani. Ka pohaku kihi o ka Tampa Bay Ua waiho ʻia ka hōkele ma Iulai 26, 1888, a ua wehe ʻia ka hōkele 511 lumi ma Pepeluali 5, 1891, me kahi rotunda 23 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe i kākoʻo ʻia e nā kolamu granite he ʻumikumamākolu. Aia i loko o ka hōkele electrified mua loa o Florida nā hiʻohiʻona penei:
• Nā lumi hoʻokipa: hoʻokahi lumi ʻauʻau no kēlā me kēia lumi ʻekolu (ʻoiai ua hui pū ka Ponce de Leon i nā lumi ʻauʻau ma ka hope o nā alaloa); nā moena, nā moena palupalu, nā kelepona, ka hoʻoheheʻe wai wela, ke kapuahi a me ke aniani aniani anawaena he ʻumikumamālima iniha i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke kaupaku o kēlā me kēia keʻena me ʻekolu mau puʻupuʻu ma lalo e hoʻolei i ka mālamalama i nā wahi āpau o nā lumi. Eia kekahi, ua kau ʻia nā kukui uila ʻelua ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pākaukau lole.
• He ʻumikūmāono suites: ʻo kēlā me kēia me nā lumi ʻelua, ʻekolu lumi moe, nā puka hoʻoheheʻe, ʻelua lumi lumi a me nā alaloa pilikino.
• Aia no na hale o ka lehulehu he cafe, rumi bili, keena telegarapa, hale lole, hale kuai laau, hale kuai pua, wahi wahine kūikawā no ka shuffleboard, lumi pila, ke keena telegarapa, a me na hale cafe. Loaʻa pū kekahi ʻauʻau ʻauʻau a me ka wai mineral, lomilomi a me ke kauka. Aia kekahi mau hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe ma ke kahua arcade.
• ʻO nā hale leʻaleʻa e komo pū ana me nā pā tennis a me nā pā croquet, nā holo rickshaw, kahi papa kolepa 18-hole, nā hale lio, nā huakaʻi hahai holoholona a me nā huakaʻi ma ka hoʻolele uila ma ka muliwai ʻo Hillsborough e nānā i nā alligators a me nā ʻanae.
• ʻO nā meaʻai ahiahi me nā lole nani, nā ʻaʻahu a me nā kāʻei. Ua hoʻonoho ʻia nā mele hoʻokani pila ma ka papa ʻelua o ka lumi ʻaina nui. Ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, ua hoʻokaʻawale nā kāne i ka pā no ka cigars a me nā wai inu ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, nā wahine i ka lumi noho no nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu a kamaʻilio.
• ʻO kekahi lawelawe ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia e ka hōkele he ʻumikūmālima mau hale ʻīlio no ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā holoholona i lawe ʻia e nā malihini hōkele i ko lākou noho ʻana ma Florida. Aia nā kennels ma kahi pāka hapalua ʻeka me nā kumu lāʻau malu a hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka pā ʻeono kapuaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka palapala a ka hōkele i loaʻa:
"ʻO nā hale ʻīlio piha loa o nā hōkele e noho nei."
ʻO Henry Bradley Plant (ʻOkakopa 27, 1819 - Iune 23, 1899), he kanaka pāʻoihana, ʻoihana, a me ka mea hoʻopukapuka kālā e pili ana i nā pono kaʻa a me nā papahana, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā alahao, ma ka hema hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Plant System o nā alahao a me nā mokuahi.
Hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1819 ma Branford, Connecticut, ua komo ʻo Plant i ka ʻoihana kaʻaahi i ka makahiki 1844, e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he ʻelele hōʻike ma ke Alanui ʻo Hartford a me New Haven a hiki i ka makahiki 1853, i ia manawa iā ia ke kuleana holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻoihana kūkaʻi o ia alanui. Ua hele ʻo ia i ka hema i ka makahiki 1853 a ua hoʻokumu i nā laina kikoʻī ma nā ala kaʻaahi hema, a i ka makahiki 1861 ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i ka Southern Express Co., a lilo i pelekikena nona. I ka makahiki 1879 ua kūʻai ʻo ia, me nā mea ʻē aʻe, i ke Alanui ʻAkelanika a me ke Kaʻa Kaiwa o Georgia, a ma hope ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻo ia i ke Alanui Savannah, Florida a me Western Railroad, kahi i lilo ai ʻo ia i pelekikena. Ua kūʻai a kūkulu hou ʻo ia, i ka makahiki 1880, ke Alanui Savannah a me Charleston, i kēia manawa ʻo Charleston a me Savannah. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i ka Plant Investment Co., no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i kēia mau alahao a hoʻonui i ko lākou mau pono ma ke ʻano maʻamau, a ma hope ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i laina mokuahi ma ka muliwai St. John, ma Florida. Mai ka makahiki 1853 a hiki i ka makahiki 1860, he luna nui no ka mahele hema o ka Adams Express Co., a ma ka makahiki 1867 ua lilo oia i peresidena no ka Texas Express Co. I ka makahiki 1880, ua hui pu ia ka hapa nui o kana mau laina kaaahi a me na mokuahi i hoohui ia i loko o ka Plant System. ma hope mai ua lilo ia i ʻāpana o ke Alanui Alanui ʻo Atlantic Coast.
ʻIke nui ʻia ka mea kanu no ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka wahi kaʻawale ʻo Tampa Bay a me ke komohana hema o Florida i ka ʻōnaehana kaʻaahi o ka lāhui a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka lawelawe mokuahi maʻamau ma waena o Tampa, Cuba, a me Key West, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka nui o ka heluna kanaka a me ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma ia wahi. No ka paipai ʻana i nā kaʻa kaʻa, kūkulu ʻo Plant i ka hōkele nui ʻo Tampa Bay Hotel ma kāna laina kaʻaahi ma o Tampa a me kekahi mau hōkele liʻiliʻi ma ka hema, e hoʻomaka ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ia wahi. ʻO kāna hoa hoʻokūkū like ʻole, ʻo Henry Flagler, ua hoʻoulu like i ka ulu ʻana ma ke kahakai ʻo Florida ma ke kūkulu ʻana i ke Alanui Kaʻahele Hikina Hikina ʻo Florida me nā hale hoʻokipa ma kona ala.
I ka makahiki 1896-97, kūkulu ʻo Plant i hale casino/auditorium, a me 80 x 110-kapuai hale hōʻikeʻike ma ka Tampa Bay Hotel a me kahi hale hoʻokipa hui a me ka wai ʻauʻau ma hope. Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka hale kalapu ʻelua mau ala kīwī a me ka pā shuffleboard. I ka wā e pono ai ma ke ʻano he auditorium, hiki ke uhi ʻia ka loko i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka wai puna me ka papahele lāʻau. I ka wā i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia ai ke keʻena, kahi e noho ai 1,800 poʻe i hale keaka, ua lilo nā keʻena ʻaʻahu o ka poʻe keaka i lumi hoʻololi no ka poʻe ʻauʻau. He mau veranda laula nui ko ka hōkele, nā kīhāpai nani, nā pio kukui uila, nā seramika hikina, nā kiʻi a me nā kiʻi pena nani, nā moena Tureke, nā ipu keleawe Pākē. Ua huakaʻi ʻo Mr. lāua ʻo Mrs. Plant i ʻEulopa a me ka Hikina Loa e koho a kūʻai aku i nā lako a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻolako ai i nā lumi lehulehu.
Ua wehewehe ʻia kahi kāleka hōkele o ka makahiki 1924 i ka pā nani penei:
Pono e loaʻa kahi moi nani i kahi hoʻonohonoho kūpono a pēlā nō ia, i loko o kahi kīhāpai o ka nani o nā lau a me nā ʻano. Pono ka ʻeka e hoʻopuni ana i ka hōkele me kona ʻano maikaʻi a no laila e hiki ai i nā ulu ʻalani, nā hele wāwae, a me nā huakaʻi hoʻowalewale ma nā laina lōʻihi o palmetto a ma lalo o nā lāʻau ʻoka ola e hele ana i kā lākou mau hae hina o ka moss Spanish.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi kahawai liʻiliʻi ua kanu ʻia nā mea kanu a me nā huaʻai he nui e like me nā roses, pansies, bamboos, oleander, papayas, mangos a me nā pineapples. No ka mea hiki ke hoʻopōʻino i nā mea kanu o ke anuanu i kekahi manawa, ua kūkulu ʻia kahi conservatory aniani e ulu i nā mea kanu a me nā pua no nā lumi hoʻokipa, nā wahi ākea a me nā papa ʻaina. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana i Bahamas, ua hoʻi mai ke poʻo māla ʻo Auton Fiche me kahi waʻa o nā mea kanu wela. Ma ka makahiki 1892, ua helu ʻia kahi papa inoa o nā huaʻai, nā pua a me nā mea kanu e ulu ana ma nā kahua hōkele he iwakāluakūmālua mau ʻano lāʻau pāma, ʻekolu ʻano maiʻa, ʻumikūmālua ʻano orchids a me nā kumu citrus like ʻole me ka ʻalani, lime, lemon, grapefruit, mandarin a me ka tangerine.
ʻOiai i kēia lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kumu i lilo ai ka Tampa Bay Hotel i mea waiwai o Plant's Florida Gulf Coast Hotels. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka hale mua i hoʻohana ʻia e ke Kulanui o Tampa a aia i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Henry B. Plant. I ka wehe ʻana i ka lā 31 o Ianuali, 1891, ua kākau ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Henry G. Parker ma ka Boston Saturday Evening Gazette,
ʻO ka hōkele ʻo Tampa Bay hou: Ua mālama ʻia ia no ka ʻoihana kaʻaahi a me ka ʻoihana mokuahi, ʻo Mr. HB Plant, e ʻohi i ka hanohano o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hōkele ʻo Florida i ka hōkele maikaʻi loa, kumu mua a nani loa ma ka Hema, inā ʻaʻole i loko. ka aina a pau; a he hotele ia e pono ai ke ao holookoa. ʻO ka waiwai holoʻokoʻa, me ka ʻāina a me ka hale, ʻelua miliona kālā ke kumu kūʻai, a ʻo nā lako a me nā mea pono he hapalua miliona keu aku. ʻAʻohe mea e hōʻeha i ka maka, ʻo ka hopena i hana ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o ka pīhoihoi a me ka hauʻoli.
ʻOiai nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hōkele, ʻaʻole ia he kūleʻa pāʻoihana i ka wā o Plant. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoihoi i nā hōʻike kālā a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he waiwai ka hōkele inā e leʻaleʻa wale i kāna okana paipu Kelemania nui. Hoʻomanaʻo ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Henry B. Plant ma ka hōkele ʻo Tampa Bay (i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1933) i ka makahiki gilded o ka hōkele, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i ka lole ʻahaʻaina no ka ʻaina awakea a ua lawe nā rickshaws i nā malihini ma nā māla nani o ka hōkele. Hōʻike ka lumi kaua Spanish-ʻAmelika i ka moʻolelo i pāʻani ai ka hōkele i ka hakakā 1898 ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Cuba. No ka mea, ʻo Tampa ke kūlanakauhale kokoke loa i Cuba me nā keʻena kaʻaahi a me nā awa, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i wahi e holo ai i ke kaua. Ua koho ʻia ka hōkele he National Historic Landmark i ka makahiki 1977.
ʻO ke keiki kāne a Plant, ʻo Morton Freeman Plant (1852-1918), he hope pelekikena o ka Plant Investment Company mai 1884 a i 1902 a loaʻa iā ia ka hanohano ma ke ʻano he mea holo moku. He ʻāpana ʻo ia ka mea nona ka hui baseball Philadelphia ma ka National League, a ʻo ia wale nō ka mea nona ka New London club ma ka East League o ka ʻōpio Plant i nā makana he nui i nā halemai a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ka mea kaulana loa ʻekolu mau hale moe a me ka makana palena ʻole o $1,000,000 i ke Kulanui ʻo Connecticut no nā wāhine. ʻO ka hale kahiko o Plant i ka makahiki 1905 ma Fifth Avenue ma New York City ka home o Cartier.
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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