Hayi nje kuphela enye yeehotele ezona zigqibeleleyo kwi-Oklahoma City, i-Skirvin Hotel i-downtown isinye sezona ziko-mlando zembali. Kodwa ngaba ihlawulelwe? Lo ngumbuzo baninzi abafuna ukwazi. Ewe, nantsi imbali emfutshane yeShotele ye-Skirvin ngolwazi kwiindaba zomoya kunye nokuxoxwa kwengxelo. Kwakhona, fumana ulwazi kwezinye iindawo ezichazwe njenge-OKC .
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UWilliam Balser "uBill Bill" uSkirvin, uMhlaba osebenzayo kunye nobutyebi waseTexas othungisayo, wathuthela intsapho yakhe eKick City ngo-1906.
Utyalombile kwioli kunye nomhlaba, ukwandisa ubuncwane bakhe, kwaye ngo-1910 wanquma ukwakha ihotele kwenye yeepropati zakhe kwi-1st no-Broadway emva kokuba umtyalomali waseNew York City anikezele ukuthenga iqashiso ukwenzela ukwakha "ihotele enkulu" kwilizwe. I-Oklahoma City yayinehotele enye yezinto zokunethezeka ngelo xesha, kwaye uSkirvin wacinga ukuba utyalo-mali oluhle kakhulu.
USkirvin waya kuSolomon A. Layton, owayengumakhi owaziwayo owakhiwa i- Oklahoma State Capitol isakhiwo, kwaye izicwangciso zagqitywa kwihotele le-6, e-U. Kodwa ekupheleni konyaka we-1910, njengoko ukwakhiwa kwebali lesithandathu kuye kwagqitywa, u-Layton waqinisekisa i-Skirvin ukuba ukukhula kwe-OKC kulungelelanisa amabali ayishumi kunesithandathu.
Ngomhla ka-Septemba 26, 1911, uSkirvin wavula ihotele esandul 'i-luxury hotel. I-lobby yayihlotshiswe ngesiNgesi isiGothi, kwaye amaphiko ehotele aqulethe i-drugstore, izitolo zokuthengisa kunye ne-cafe. Ihotele yayineamakamelo angama-225 kunye nama-suites, elowo unobumba lobhongo, umnxeba, ifenitshala enenkuni kunye nepetelpet.
Ngokwamanqaku amaninzi, ihotele yaba liziko labamashishini abaziwayo nabapolitiki kwiminyaka elishumi ezayo. I-Skirvin yaqala ukwandisa ihotele, ngokukhawuleza ekuqaleni, ukwakha iphiko elitsha le-12 elisezantsi kwaye ekugqibeleni liphakame onke amaphiko kuma-14-amabali ngo-1930. Eli gumbi likhulile lilonke liya kuma-525 kwaye longeze ingadi yokuphala kunye ne-cabaret club kunye nokuphindaphinda kabini ubukhulu bokubamba.
Ininzi yeli lizwe libethekile, i-oil boom e-Oklahoma City yayigcina i-Skirvin Hotel ibe namandla, kwaye nangona iilingo ezingenakulinganiswa kunye neengxaki zeentsapho, uWilliam Skirvin wasebenza ehotele kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe ngo-1944. Abantwana abathathu bakaSkirvin bathetha ukuthengisa isakhiwo kuDan W. James ngo-1945.
Ngokukhawuleza uYakobi waqala ukuvuselela ihotele ngokukhawuleza, enezela izinto ezininzi ezifana nenkonzo yegumbi, ivenkile yezobugcisa, ivenkile ye-barber, ichibi lokubhukuda kunye nodokotela wendlu. I-Skirvin yakhula kuphela ekugqibeni njengoko yayingabamongameli bakaHarry Truman kunye noDwight D. Eisenhower. Kodwa ngo-1959, i-suburban sprawl yayiphatha kakubi i-OKC yedolophu, kwaye uYakobi wathengisa ihotele leSkirvin kwi-Chicago e-investors ngo-1963. Yathengiswa kwakhona ngo-1968 ukuya ku-HT Griffin.
IGriffin wasebenzisa izigidi zilungisa i-Skirvin Hotel, kodwa ishishini laqhubeka lihlupheka kwaye iGriffin yafakwa ngenjongo yokutshatyalaliswa ngo-1971. Emva kokutshintsha izandla ngamaxesha ambalwa, ihotele yaqala ukulungiswa ngawo-1970, kwakhona kwakhona ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, kwaye ekugqibeleni yavalwa ngo-1989 .
Ngo-2002, isixeko sase-Oklahoma City sathola ipropati kwaye sidibanisa iphakheji yokuxhasa "ukulungiswa, ukubuyisela nokuvulwa kwakhona." I-Skirvin Hotel yavulwa kwakhona ngoFebruwari 26, 2007.
Fumana ulwazi oluthe xaxa lweSkirvin kwiblogi yaseDoug Loudenback kunye ne "History of the Skirvin" nguBob Blackburn.
I-Skirvin Haunting
Ibali eliphambili lelizwi le-Skirvin Hotel lihlala kumfana omncinci obizwa ngokuthi "Effie." Ngokweengcamango, uWilliam Skirvin wayenomdla kunye no-Effie, kwaye wakhulelwa. Ukuze aphephe ukukhwabanisa, wayemthi wamvalela egumbini elingaphansi komgangatho we-10, ekuqaleni umgangatho ophezulu, apho wahlala enxuwa xa engavunyelwe ukuhamba, nangemva kokubeleka. Kuthiwa kuthi wenyuka, umntwana wakhe wasesana ezandleni zakhe, ngaphandle kwefestile.
Kwakungekho siqhelo kwihotele ukuba ikhona kwiindwendwe zokukhalaza malunga nokungakwazi ukulala, ngenxa yeengxolo ezingapheliyo zomntwana okhalayo. Ukongezelela, ngokweminye, i-nude Effie iyaziwa ukuba ibonakale kwiindwendwe zeehotele zeendwendwe ngelixa zibonisa, kunye nezwi layo lingavalelwa ziphakamiso.
Amalungu abasebenzi baxelele yonke into esuka kumsindo ongaqhelekanga kwizinto ezihamba ngokwazo.
Umdlalo we-Effie uyathandwa, kodwa akukho bungqina bembali. Nangona uWilliam Skirvin kuthiwa yi-femanizer eyaziwayo kwaye umgangatho we-10 wawunokuba yindawo eqhelekileyo yokugembula kunye nohenyuzo kuma-1930, abalobi uStephen Lackmeyer kunye noJack Money benza uphando olunzulu kwiincwadi zabo "Skirvin" kodwa bafumananga ubungqina be-Effie. Ukuphela kokuzibulala ku-Skirvin kwakungowomthengisi othe wenyuka kwifestile yakhe.
I-Legend Grows
Nangona kunjalo, ibali lika-Effie liyaqhubeka lixelelwa, kwaye abaninzi banokuqiniseka ukuba i-Skirvin Hotel ihlaselwa. NgoJanuwari ka-2010, amalungu eqela lebhokisi lebhola lebhola le-basketball laseNew York Knicks axelele neNew York Daily News abazange bakwazi ukulala ubusuku ngaphambi komdlalo kunye neTurkey City Thunder . "Ndiyakholelwa ukuba kukho ihostlo kwihotele," kuchaza u-Eddy Curry. Ukuhamba phambili uJared Jeffries wongezelela wathi, "Indawo iyaxhalaka.