Lapho ibhekwa njengebukhosi baseMelika, amaVanderbilt abonisa ubuhle be-Golden Age.Baziwa ngokwenza amaphathi kanokusho, futhi banesibopho sokwakha ezinye zezindlu ezinkulu nezinethezeka kakhulu e-United States.Enye indawo enjalo yi-Elm Court, okubikwa ukuthi inkulu kangangokuthi ihlanganisa amadolobha amabili.Isanda kuthengiswa ngenani elikhulu lama- $8m (£6.6m), ishoda engaphezulu kuka-$4m wenani layo lokuqala elingu-$12.5m (£10.3m) elicelayo.Chofoza noma skrola ukuze uvakashele leli khaya elihle futhi ufunde ukuthi libambe iqhaza kanjani ezenzakalweni ezimbili ezibalulekile zomlando…
Njengoba iphakathi kwamadolobha aseStockbridge naseLenox, Massachusetts, indawo engamahektare angu-89 iyindawo ekahle yokubalekela omunye wemindeni esezingeni eliphezulu emhlabeni.UFrederick Law Olmsted, indoda engemuva kweCentral Park, waze waqashwa ukuthi akhe izingadi zesithabathaba somuzi.
AbakwaVanderbilt bangomunye wemindeni ecebe kakhulu emlandweni waseMelika, iqiniso elivame ukuthuliswa njengoba ingcebo yabo ingalandelelwa emuva kumthengisi kanye nomnikazi wezigqila uCornelius Vanderbilt.Ngo-1810, waboleka u-$100 (£76) (cishe u-$2,446 namuhla) kunina ukuze aqale ibhizinisi lomndeni futhi waqala ukuqhuba umkhumbi wabagibeli oya eStaten Island.Kamuva wahlangana ne-steamboats ngaphambi kokusungula i-New York Central Railroad.Ngokusho kweForbes, kubikwa ukuthi uCornelius waqongelela ingcebo yezigidi ezingu-100 zamaRandi (ama-£76 wezigidi) ekuphileni kwakhe, okulingana namaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.9 emalini yanamuhla, nangaphezulu kunaleyo eyayikuMgcinimafa waseMelika ngaleso sikhathi.
Yiqiniso, uKorneliyu nomndeni wakhe basebenzisa ingcebo yabo ukwakha izindlu ezinkulu, kuhlanganise nefa laseBiltmore eNyakatho Carolina, ehlala iyikhaya elikhulu kunazo zonke e-United States.I-Elm Court yakhelwe umzukulu kaCornelius u-Emily Thorne Vanderbilt nomyeni wakhe uWilliam Douglas Sloan, ababoniswe lapha.Babehlala ku-2 West 52nd Street eManhattan, eNew York, kodwa babefuna ikhaya lasehlobo ukuze babalekele ukuphithizela kweBig Apple.
Ngakho-ke, ngo-1885, lo mbhangqwana wagunyaza inkampani yezakhiwo eyisakhiwo iPeabody and Stearns ukuthi idizayine inguqulo yokuqala yeThe Breakers, ikhaya lasehlobo likaCornelius Vanderbilt II, kodwa ngeshwa lacekelwa phansi ngomlilo.Ngo-1886 i-Elm Yard yaqedwa.Naphezu kokubhekwa njengekhaya elilula leholide, libanzi impela.Namuhla, iseyindlu enkulu kunazo zonke yokuhlala yesitayela se-shingle e-United States.Lesi sithombe, esathathwa ngo-1910, sigqamisa ubuhle bendawo.
Kodwa-ke, u-Emily noWilliam abajabule kakhulu ngenqwaba yabo yasehlobo, njengoba beye balungisa ikhaya, bangeza amagumbi, futhi baqasha abasebenzi abengeziwe ukuze banakekele izidingo zabo.Indawo ayizange iqedwe kwaze kwaba sekuqaleni kwawo-1900.Ngefaçade ebomvu ecwebezelayo ecwebezelayo, ama-turrets akhuphukayo, amafasitela e-lattice kanye nokuhlobisa kwe-Tudor, ifa liqala ukubonakala.
Ngokuqondakalayo, u-Emily nomyeni wakhe uWilliam, abaphethe ibhizinisi labo lomndeni wakwa-W. & J. Sloane, ifenisha ewubukhazikhazi kanye nesitolo sikakhaphethi e-New York City, abazange bakhiphe izindleko ekuklameni ikhaya labo elisemthethweni elimangalisayo ngesitayela seNkathi Epholile.Sekuyiminyaka, umbhangqwana we-VIP usingathe uchungechunge lwamaphathi kanokusho ehhotela.Ngisho nangemva kokushona kukaWilliam ngo-1915, u-Emily waqhubeka echitha ihlobo lakhe endaweni yokuhlala, okwakuyindawo yemibuthano ebalulekile ehlukahlukene uma kungeyona yonke imibuthano yokuzijabulisa.Eqinisweni, indlu ifihla indaba emangalisayo.Ngo-1919 yaba nezingxoxo ze-Elm Court, enye yochungechunge lwezingqungquthela zezombangazwe ezashintsha umhlaba.
Umnyango wendlu muhle kakhulu njengoba wawunjalo ngesikhathi sokuchuma lapho u-Emily noWilliam behlala khona.Izingxoxo ezabanjwa lapha eminyakeni eyi-100 eyedlule zasiza ekuletheni iSivumelwano saseVersailles, isivumelwano sokuthula esasayinwa esigodlweni saseVersailles ekupheleni kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala.Umhlangano wabuye waholela ekubunjweni kweNhlangano Yezizwe, eyasungulwa ngo-1920 njengendlela yokuxazulula izingxabano zamazwe ngamazwe ezizayo.Ngokumangalisayo, i-Elm Court yadlala indima ebalulekile kulezi zenzakalo ezimbili ezibalulekile.
Ngo-1920, eminyakeni emihlanu ngemva kokufa kukaWilliam, u-Emily washada noHenry White.WayeyiNxusa laseMelika, kodwa ngeshwa uWhite washonela e-Elm Court ngo-1927 ngenxa yezinkinga zokuhlinzwa futhi bashada iminyaka eyisikhombisa kuphela.U-Emily washonela kule ndawo ngo-1946 eneminyaka engu-94 ubudala. Umzukulu ka-Emily u-Marjorie Field Wild nomyeni wakhe uColonel Helm George Wild bathatha lesi sithabathaba sobukhosi basivulela izivakashi njengehhotela elihlalisa abantu abangaba ngu-60.Ngophahla lwayo olukhangayo oluhlanganisiwe kanye namaphaneli, lokhu ngokuqinisekile kuzoba yindawo enhle yokuhlala!
Singacabanga izivakashi zibuka leli hhotela elihle.Umnyango wangaphambili uvula lesi sikhala esimangalisayo, ebesihloselwe ukudala ukwamukela ngemfudumalo kwabavakashile.Kusukela eziko elikhulu elihlotshiswe ngezithombe eziqoshiwe ze-Art Nouveau zegwinya nemivini, kuya ezitezi ezikhazimulayo zeparquet kanye nemihlobiso evulekile yevelvet, le ndawo yokwamukela izivakashi yenza umbono ongapheli.
Ikhaya elingu-55,000-square-foot linamakamelo angu-106, futhi indawo ngayinye igcwele izici zezakhiwo ezimangalisayo nemininingwane yokuhlobisa, okuhlanganisa izindawo zokubasa izinkuni, ama-draperies amahle, ukubunjwa kokuhlobisa, izinto zokukhanya ezenziwe ngegolide, nefenisha yakudala.Indawo yokwamukela izivakashi iholela endaweni yokuhlala ebanzi eyenzelwe ukuphumula, ukwamukela izivakashi nokusebenza.Lesi sikhala kungenzeka sisetshenziswe njengendawo yebhola yomcimbi wakusihlwa, noma mhlawumbe igumbi lebhola lesidlo sakusihlwa esiwubukhazikhazi.
Umtapo wolwazi wamapulangwe ohlotshiswe ngokucebile wendlu eyisithabathaba yomlando ungelinye lamakamelo ayo amahle kakhulu.Izindonga ezikhanyayo ezinamaphaneli aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, amakhabethe ezincwadi akhelwe ngaphakathi, umlilo ovuthayo, kanye nokhaphethi omangalisayo ophakamisa igumbi, ayikho indawo engcono yokugoqa ngencwadi enhle.
Uma sikhuluma ngamaphansi omlingisi, le ndawo yokuhlala ehlelekile ingasetshenziswa njengendawo yokuphumula ngemva kosuku olude noma njengendawo yokudlela yokudla kwansuku zonke.Ngamafasitela asuka phansi kuya ophahleni abheke engadini ngaphandle kanye neminyango yengilazi eshelelayo ephumela ngaphandle kwe-conservatory, ama-Vanderbilts ngokungangabazeki azojabulela inqwaba yama-cocktails kusihlwa sasehlobo.
Ikhishi elilungisiwe libanzi futhi liyakhanya, linezici zokuklama ezifiphalisa imigqa phakathi kwendabuko nesimanje.Kusukela ezintweni zikagesi zekhwalithi ephezulu kuya ezindaweni zokusebenza ezivulekile, izindonga zezitini eziveziwe kanye nefenisha yesikhathi esihle, leli khishi lesimanjemanje lilungele umpheki osaziwayo.
Ikhishi livula i-pantry enhle ye-buler enamakhabethe enkuni amnyama, osinki abaphindwe kabili kanye nesihlalo sefasitela lapho ungajabulela khona ukubukwa okumangalisayo kwezizathu.Ngokumangalisayo, i-pantry inkulu kunekhishi ngokwalo, ngokusho komthengisi.
Indlu manje isohlwini lweRejista Kazwelonke Yezindawo Zomlando, futhi ngenkathi amanye amagumbi ebuyiselwe kahle, amanye awasebenzi.Le ndawo yake yaba yigumbi lebhilidi, ngokungangabazeki indawo yobusuku obuningi bemidlalo yomndeni wakwaVanderbilt.Ngepulangwe layo elihle lezinkuni ze-sage, indawo yomlilo enkulu namafasitela angapheli, kulula ukucabanga ukuthi leli gumbi lingaba elimangalisa kangakanani ngokunakekelwa okuncane.
Khonamanjalo, ubhavu ompunga ushiywe endlini, futhi upende uyaxebuka emakhothameni eminyango.Ngo-1957, umzukulu ka-Emily uMarjorie walivala ihhotela futhi umndeni wakwaVanderbilt wayeka ukulisebenzisa.Ngokuvumelana ne-ejenti yohlu lwe-Compass u-John Barbato, indlu engashiyiwe ibilokhu ingenamuntu iminyaka engama-40 noma engama-50, kancane kancane iba senkingeni.Iphinde yaba yisisulu sokucekelwa phansi kanye nokuphangwa kwaze kwaba yilapho uRobert Berle, umzukulu ka-Emily Vanderbilt, ethenga i-Elm Court ngo-1999.
URobert wenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokulungisa okwabuyisela lesi sakhiwo esihle onqenqemeni.Wagxila egumbini lokuzijabulisa eliyinhloko lasekhaya namagumbi okulala, futhi walungisa ikhishi kanye nophiko lwezisebenzi.Iminyaka eminingana, uRobert wasebenzisa indlu njengendawo yomshado, kodwa akazange awuqede wonke umsebenzi.NgokukaRealtor, angaphezulu kwamakamelo angama-65 anendawo elinganiselwa ku-20,821 square metres asebuyiselwe.Amamitha-skwele angama-30,000 asele alinde ukutakulwa.
Kwenye indawo cishe kungesinye sezitebhisi ezinhle kakhulu esake sazibona.Uphahla oluvalekile oluluhlaza olukhanyayo, imishayo yokhuni emhlophe qhwa, amapulangwe ahlotshiswe kahle nokhaphethi abakhazimulayo benza lesi sikhala esiyiphupho sihlotshiswe ngendlela engenakulinganiswa.Izitebhisi eziholela emakamelweni amahle okulala phezulu.
Uma uhlanganisa wonke amagumbi okulala abasebenzi endlini, inani lamagumbi okulala likhuphukela ku-47. Nokho, angu-18 kuphela alungele ukwamukela izivakashi.Lesi ngesinye sezithombe ezimbalwa esinazo, kodwa kuyacaca ukuthi ukusebenza kanzima kukaRobert kube nemiphumela emihle.Kusukela ezindaweni zokubasa umlilo zikanokusho nefenisha kuya ekulungisweni okuhle kwamawindi, ukubuyisela kudalwe ngobunono, okwengeza ukuthinta kobulula besimanje kuwo wonke amagumbi.
Leli gumbi lokulala lingaba yindawo engcwele ka-Emily, eliphelele ngekhabethe elikhulu lokungena kanye nendawo yokuhlala lapho ungaphumuza khona ikhofi lakho lasekuseni.Sicabanga ukuthi nosaziwayo bazolithokozela leli wardrobe, ngenxa yodonga nendawo yokugcina izinto, amadrowa kanye nama-niches ezicathulo.
Indlu inamagumbi okugeza angu-23, amaningi awo abonakala esesimweni esihle.Lena inephalethi ye-all-cream enempahla yethusi yakudala kanye nobhavu owakhelwe ngaphakathi.Kubonakala sengathi kunamanye amagumbi okulala ayi-15 kanye namagumbi okugezela okungenani ayi-12 ophikweni oluhlanzekile lwendlu kanokusho, wonke adinga ukuvuselelwa.
Kunesitebhisi esengeziwe, esihle kancane kunesitebhisi sangaphambili esimaphakathi nendlu, esibekwe ngemuva kwendlu eduze nekhishi.Izitebhisi ezimbili zazivamile ekwakhiweni kwesithabathaba somuzi njengoba zazivumela izisebenzi nezinye izisebenzi ukuthi zihambe phakathi kwaphansi zinganakiwe.
Le ndawo futhi inesitezi esikhulu esingaphansi esilinde ukubuyiselwa enkazimulweni yayo yangaphambili.Bekungaba indawo lapho abasebenzi bebengabuthana khona ngesikhathi sabo sokushintsha noma bagcine ukudla newayini kumaphathi kanokusho emndenini wakwaVanderbilt.Manje okuxakile, isikhala esilahliwe sinezindonga eziwohlokayo, iphansi elimbozwe imfucumfucu, nezinto zesakhiwo eziveziwe.
Uma uphumela ngaphandle, uzobona utshani obunwetshiwe, amachibi omnduze, izindawo zehlathi, amasimu avulekile, izingadi ezibiyelwe ngezindonga, nezakhiwo ezinomlando zokusangana eziklanywe isithonjana se-landscape enkulu saseMelika, uFrederick Law Orme.Ikhethwe nguFrederick Law Olmsted.Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe oncomekayo, u-Olmsted usebenze eNiagara Falls State Park, Mount Royal Park eMontreal, naseBiltmore Estate yasekuqaleni e-Asheville, eNorth Carolina, phakathi kwabanye.Nokho, iCentral Park yaseNew York iseyindalo yakhe edume kakhulu.
Lesi sithombe esimangalisayo, esathathwa ngo-1910, sithwebula u-Emily noWilliam ngesikhathi sokubusa kwabo.Ibonisa indlela izingadi ezazibukeka ngayo futhi ezinhle kangakanani, ezinothango oluhle, imithombo ehlelekile nezindlela ezimazombezombe.
Nokho, akukhona lokho kuphela okufihliwe kuleli gceke elihle elingemuva.Kunezakhiwo eziningi ezihlaba umxhwele kule ndawo, zonke zimi ngomumo futhi zilinde ukubuyiselwa.Kunezindlu zabasebenzi ezintathu, okuhlanganisa nendlu yokulala enamakamelo ayisishiyagalombili, kanye nezindawo zokuhlala zomuntu osebenza engadini nomnakekeli, kanye nendlu yenqola.
Ingadi nayo inezibaya ezimbili kanye nesitebele esihle.Ngaphakathi ezitebeleni kufakwe ama-partitions amahle ethusi.Kunezinketho ezingapheli uma kuziwa kulokho ongakwenza ngalesi sikhala.Dala indawo yokudlela, uyiguqule ibe yindawo yokuhlala ehlukile noma uyisebenzisele ukugibela amahhashi.
Ifa linezindawo zokugcina izithombo eziningana ezisetshenziselwa ukutshala ukudla komndeni wakwaVanderbilt.Ngo-1958, ngemva konyaka ihhotela livaliwe, owayengumqondisi we-Elm Court, uTony Fiorini, wasungula i-nursery yezohwebo endaweni futhi wavula izitolo ezimbili zendawo ukuze athengise izithelo zomsebenzi wakhe.Indawo ingabuyisela ifa layo le-horticultural futhi inikeze umthombo owengeziwe wemali engenayo uma umnikazi omusha efisa kanjalo.
Ngo-2012, abanikazi bamanje bendawo bathenga isiza ngenhloso yokwakha ihhotela ne-spa, kodwa ngeshwa lezi zinhlelo azizange zifezeke.Manje njengoba isidayiselwe unjiniyela, i-Elm Court isibheke ngabomvu isahluko sayo esilandelayo.Asazi ngawe, kodwa asikwazi ukulinda ukubona ukuthi abanikazi abasha benzani ngale ndawo!
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