Handizvo chete imwe yehotera dzakanakisisa kuHotown City, idhoro reSkirvin Hotel nderimwe rematunhu makuru emasitro. Asi inonyangadza here? Ndiro mubvunzo vakawanda vanoda kuziva. Zvakanaka, heyi nhoroondo pfupi yeSkirvin Hotel ine ruzivo pamusoro pezvinyorwa zvenhau uye yakashuma hauntings. Uyewo, tora ruzivo kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzinonzi nzvimbo dzisina kukodzera muOcC .
Nhoroondo
William Balser "Bhiri" Skirvin, Land Run mugove uye mupfumi weAfferson oil, akatamisa mhuri yake kuKorighe City muna 1906.
Akaisa mari muvhu, achiwedzera pfuma yake zvikuru, uye muna 1910 akasarudza kuvaka hoteli pane imwe yezvinhu zvake pa1 uye Broadway mushure mekunge mumwe wevatora kubva kuNew York City achipa kutenga mujenya kuti avake "hotera huru" muhurumende. Oklahoma City yaiva nehotera imwe chete yepamusoro panguva iyoyo, uye Skirvin akafunga kuti ndiyo inowanikwa zvikuru.
Skirvin yakasvika kuna Solomon A. Layton, aive akakurumbira wezvigadzirwa zvekugadzirira aive akavaka Oklahoma State Capitol chivakwa, uye zvirongwa zvakagadziriswa kune imwe nhare 6, iyo yakafanana neU. Asi pakupera kwa1910, sekuvakwa kwenyaya yechishanu kwakaswedera pakupera, Layton akagutsikana Skirvin kuti kuwedzera kweECTC kwakanakira gumi nenyaya pane zvitanhatu.
Musi waSeptember 26, 1911, Skirvin akazarura hofisi ichangobva kupera yepamusoro kune yevanhu. Imba yekuchengetedza yakave yakashongedzwa muChirungu Gothic, uye mapapiro ehotera aiva nechitoro chemishonga, mabhizimisi ezvitoro uye cafe. Ihotera yacho yaiva nemakamuri makumi maviri nemakumi mana nemasere, rimwe nerimwe rine bhati rokushambadzira, foni, furasi yehuni uye velvet carpet.
Maererano nenhoroondo dzakawanda, hotera yakava nzvimbo yevanhu vanozivikanwa zvikuru vebhizimisi uye vezvematongerwe enyika kwemakore gumi anotevera. Skirvin yakatanga kuwedzera hotera, zvishoma nezvishoma pakutanga, kuvaka chinyorwa chetsva gumi nematanhatu uye pakupedzisira nekusimudza mapapiro ose kusvika 14-nhau muna 1930. Iyi yakawedzera nzvimbo kusvika 525 uye yakawedzera munda wepadenga uye cabaret club uye zvakapetwa kaviri lobby size.
Nenyika yakawanda yakabatwa nokuora mwoyo, mafuta eOklahoma City akachengetedza Skirvin Hotel kusimba, uye pasinei nokukundikana kwekuedza kuwedzera uye matambudziko emhuri, William Skirvin akashanda hotera kusvikira afa muna 1944. Vana veSkirvin vatatu vakasarudza kutengesa iyo nzvimbo kunaDan W. James muna 1945.
James akabva atanga kunongedza nehotera nguva yakawanda, achiwedzera zvinhu zvakawanda zvakadai sebasa rechipinda, hombe yezvigadzirwa zvakanaka, shopu yebasa, dziva rekugezera uye chiremba weimba. Skirvin yakakurira mukurumbira sezvo yakagadzirirwa Vatungamiri Harry Truman naDwight D. Eisenhower. Asi muna 1959, guta rekumusha rakange richikuvadza zvikuru muguta reWock, uye James akatengesa hotera yeSkirvin kuChicago vatengesi muna 1963. Yakabva yatengeswa zvakare muna 1968 kuna HT Griffin.
Griffin akapedza mamiriyoni achigadzirisa Skirvin Hotel, asi bhizimisi rakaramba richirwadziwa uye Griffin yakaiswa nokuda kwekudarika muna 1971. Mushure mokuchinja maoko kashoma, hotera yakatanga kugadziridzwazve muma1970, zvakare zvakare kuma1980, uye yakazovhara muna 1989 .
Muna 2002, guta reK Oklahoma City rakagamuchira imba uye rakaisa pamwechete mari yekubhadhara "yekuvandudza, kudzorera nekudzokazve." Skirvin Hotel yakagadziriswazve musi waFebruary 26, 2007.
Wana mamwe mashoko eSkirvin kubva mubhuku raDoug Loudenback uye "History of the Skirvin" naBob Blackburn.
The Skirvin Kurumbidza
Inonyanya kuitika nyaya yeSkirvin Hotel inoisa musikana wechidiki anonzi "Effie." Maererano nenhau, William Skirvin akaita sangano naE effie, uye akava nepamuviri. Kuti asazvidzivirira, akafunga kuti akamusundira muimba yepamubhedha wegumi, pakutanga gorosi rapamusoro, kwaakazoita dongo apo akanga asingabvumirwi kuenda, kunyange pashure pokunge aberekwa. Anonzi anokwakuka, mwana wake mucheche mumaoko ake, kunze kwehwindo.
Zvakanga zvisingazivikanwi pamusoro pekugara kwehotera kune vashanyi kugunun'una pamusoro pokushaya kukwanisa kurara, kazhinji pamusana pemisungo isingagumi yemwana ari kuchema. Mukuwedzera, maererano nevamwe, nude Effie anozivikanwa kuonekwa kune varume vemahotera ehotera paanenge achishamisa, uye inzwi rake rinogona kunzwikwa richivatsanangurira.
Nhengo dzevashandi dzakashuma zvinhu zvose kubva pamheremhere dzisinganzwisisiki kune zvinhu zvinofambisa pachavo.
The Effie legend ndeyekufarirwa, asi hapana humwe hunoratidza huripo huripo. Kunyange zvazvo William Skirvin anonzi ari womanizer akacherechedza uye goro regumi raive nzvimbo yakakurumbira yebhejera uye zvifeve muma1930, munyori Steve Lackmeyer naJack Money vakatsvakurudza zvakadzama mubhuku ravo "Skirvin" asi havana kuwana humwe uchapupu hweEfficie. Kuzvidzivirira kwakanyorwa kwakanyorwa muSkirvin kwaiva kwevatengesi vakabuda kubva pahwindo rake.
The Legend Grows
Kunyange zvakadaro, nyaya ye Effie inoenderera mberi kuudzwa, uye vazhinji vanogutsikana kuti Skirvin Hotel inotsvaga. MunaJanuary ra2012, nhengo dzeNew York Knicks basketball team vakataurira New York Daily News kuti vakanga vasingakwanisi kurara usiku hwese musati mutambo neKoston City Thunder . "Ini zvechokwadi ndinotenda kune vanomweya muhotera iyo," akadaro Eddy Curry. Pamberi Jared Jeffries akawedzera, "Nzvimbo yacho inotyisa. Zvinotyisa."