Akuyona nje kuphela yamahhotela amahle kunazo zonke e-Oklahoma City, idolobha elisemadolobheni i-Skirvin Hotel ingenye yezikhungo zomlando ezidlula zonke. Kodwa ingabe ihanjiswa? Lona ngumbuzo abaningi abafuna ukwazi. Awu, umlando omfushane we-Skirvin Hotel onolwazi ngezindaba zomoya futhi ubike ukukhwabanisa. Futhi, thola ulwazi kwezinye izindawo ezibikwa ngokuthi zihanjelwe ku-OKC .
Umlando
UWilliam Balser "Umthethosivivinywa" uSkirvin, u-Land Run owabambe iqhaza kanye nocebile osebenza ngamafutha eTexas, wathuthela umndeni wakhe e-Oklahoma City ngo-1906.
Watshala amafutha nomhlaba, wandisa umnotho wakhe, futhi ngo-1910 wanquma ukwakha ihhotela kwenye yezindawo zakhe ku-1st no-Broadway ngemuva kokuba umtshali-zimali waseNew York City enikeze ukuthenga inkatho ukuze akhe "ihhotela elikhulu" kuhulumeni. I-Oklahoma City yayinehhotela elilodwa lokunethezeka ngaleso sikhathi, kanti uSkirvin wacabanga ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali okuhle kakhulu.
I-Skirvin yasondela kuSolomon A. Layton, umakhi owaziwayo wendawo owawakhele i- Oklahoma State Capitol isakhiwo, futhi izinhlelo zaqedwa ngehhotela eline-6, eline-U. Kodwa ekupheleni kuka-1910, njengoba ukwakhiwa kwendaba yesihlanu isondele ekuqedeni, u-Layton waqinisekisa iSkirvin ukuthi ukukhula kwe-OKC kwakulungele izindaba eziyishumi kunezingu-6.
NgoSeptemba 26, 1911, uSkirvin wavula ihhotela elisanda kuqedwa ngokunethezeka emphakathini. I-lobby yayihlotshiswe ngesiNgisi isiGothic, futhi amaphiko ehhotela ayenesidakamizwa, izitolo zokudayisa kanye ne-cafe. Ihotela lalinamakamelo angu-225 namasiteshi, ngalinye linamanzi okugeza, ucingo, ifenisha enkuni kanye ne-velvet carpet.
Ngokusho kwama-akhawunti amaningi, ihhotela laba isikhungo sabamabhizinisi abawaziwayo nabopolitiki eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo. I-Skirvin yaqala ukwandisa ihhotela, kancane kancane, yakha iphiko elisha lezintambo ezingu-12 bese ekugcineni liphakamisa wonke amaphiko ezintabeni ezingu-14 ngo-1930. Leli gumbi elikhuphukile lilinganiselwa ku-525 futhi lanezela ingadi yophahla kanye ne-cabaret club futhi kabili usayizi we-lobby.
Njengoba iningi lezwe lihlaselwe ukucindezeleka, i-oil boom e-Oklahoma City yagcina i-Skirvin Hotel ibe namandla, futhi naphezu kwemizamo yokweluleka kwezenzo nezinkinga zomndeni, uWilliam Skirvin wasebenza ehhotela waze wabulawa ngo-1944. Izingane ezintathu zeSkirvin zanquma ukuthengisa impahla kuDan W. James ngo-1945.
Ngokushesha uJames waqala ukuvuselela ihhotela ngokuqhubekayo, wanezela izinto eziningana ezifana nenkonzo yamakamelo, isitolo sokuthenga, isitolo sezinkuni, ichibi lokubhukuda nodokotela wendlu. I-Skirvin yakhula kuphela ekuvezeni njengoba yayingabongameli bakaHarry Truman noDwight D. Eisenhower. Kodwa ngo-1959, i-suburban sprawl yayilimaza kakhulu i-OKC yedolobha, futhi uJames wathengisa ihhotela leSkirvin kuya kubatshali beChicago ngo-1963. Kwabe sekuthengiswa futhi ngo-1968 kuHT Griffin.
I-Griffin yachitha izigidi zilungisa kabusha i-Skirvin Hotel, kodwa ibhizinisi laqhubeka lihlupheka futhi uGriffin wafaka isicelo sokuqedwa ngo-1971. Ngemva kokushintsha izandla izikhathi ezimbalwa, ihhotela laqala ukulungiswa kabusha ngawo-1970, futhi futhi ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1980, ekugcineni yavalwa ngo-1989 .
Ngo-2002, umuzi wase-Oklahoma City wathola le ndawo futhi wahlanganisa iphakheji yokuxhasa "ukuvuselela, ukubuyisela nokuvula kabusha." I-Skirvin Hotel yaqala ukuvulwa ngo-February 26, 2007.
Thola ulwazi oluningi lwe-Skirvin kusuka kubhulogi likaDoug Loudenback kanye ne "Umlando we-Skirvin" kaBob Blackburn.
I-Skirvin Haunting
Indaba yokuqala ye-Skirvin Hotel igxila kumfana osemusha okuthiwa "Effie." Ngokusho kwezinganekwane, uWilliam Skirvin wahlangana no-Effie, futhi wakhulelwa. Ukuze agweme ukukhwabanisa, wayecabanga ukuthi wamvalela egumbini elisesitezi leshumi, ekuqaleni esiteji esiphezulu, lapho ahlabeka khona lapho engavunyelwe ukuhamba, ngisho nangemva kokubeletha. Kuthiwa kuthiwa wagijima, umntwana wasana lwakhe ezandleni zakhe, ngaphandle kwefasitela.
Kwakungavamile ukukhona kwehhotela ukuba izivakashi zikhononde ngokuhluleka kokulala, ngokuvamile ngenxa yemisindo engapheli yengane yokukhala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokusho kwabanye, u-Effie we-nude uyaziwa ukuthi uzovela ezihambelwaneni zehhotela zamadoda ngesikhathi ekhombisa, futhi izwi lakhe lingase lizwakale liphakamise.
Amalungu abasebenzi babike konke okuvela emisindo engaqondakali kuya ezintweni ezihamba ngokwazo.
I-legie ye-Effie iyathandwa, kodwa ayikho ubufakazi bomlando kuyo. Nakuba uWilliam Skirvin kuthiwa yi-femanizer ephawulekayo futhi igumbi leshumi cishe laliyindawo ethandwayo yabagijimi nezifebe ngawo-1930, abalobi uSteve Lackmeyer noJack Money benza ucwaningo olunzulu lwezincwadi zabo "Skirvin" kodwa abatholanga ubufakazi bo-Effie. Ukuzibulala kuphela okulotshwe eSkirvin kwakungomthengisi oweqa efasiteleni lakhe.
I-Legend Grows
Noma kunjalo, indaba ka-Effie iyaqhubeka nokutshelwa, futhi abaningi bayaqiniseka ukuthi i-Skirvin Hotel ihanjiswa. NgoJanuwari ka-2010, amalungu eqembu lebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola leNew York Knicks atshele iNew York Daily News ukuthi ayengakwazi ukulala ubusuku ngaphambi komdlalo ne- Oklahoma City Thunder . "Ngicabanga ukuthi kukhona amahostela kulesi hotele," kusho isikhungo sika-Eddy Curry. Ngaphambili uJared Jeffries wanezela, "Le ndawo ishaunted. Kuyethusa."