Da zarar an yi la'akari da sarautar Amurka, Vanderbilts sun kwatanta girman zamanin Golden Age.An sansu da yin liyafa, kuma su ne ke da alhakin gina wasu gidaje mafi girma da na alfarma a Amurka.Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan wurin shine Elm Court, wanda aka ruwaito yana da girma da yawa har ya kai birane biyu.An dai sayar da shi kan dala miliyan 8 (£ 6.6m), fiye da $4m kasa da ainihin $12.5m (£10.3m) da ake nema.Danna ko gungurawa don ɗaukar rangadin wannan gida mai ban sha'awa kuma koyi yadda ya taka rawa a cikin muhimman abubuwan tarihi guda biyu…
Kasancewa tsakanin biranen Stockbridge da Lenox, Massachusetts, kadada 89 babu makawa shine cikakkiyar hanyar tafiya ga ɗayan manyan iyalai na duniya.Frederick Law Olmsted, mutumin da ke bayan Central Park, an ma hayar ya gina lambunan gidan.
Vanderbilts suna ɗaya daga cikin iyalai mafi arziki a tarihin Amurka, gaskiyar da galibi ana yin shiru saboda ana iya gano dukiyarsu ga ɗan kasuwa kuma mai bawa Cornelius Vanderbilt.A cikin 1810, ya aro $100 (£ 76) (kimanin $2,446 a yau) daga mahaifiyarsa don fara kasuwancin dangi kuma ya fara aikin jirgin fasinja zuwa Staten Island.Daga baya ya shiga cikin jiragen ruwa kafin ya kafa Titin Railroad na New York.A cewar Forbes, Cornelius ya tara dala miliyan 100 kwatankwacin fam miliyan 76 a tsawon rayuwarsa, kwatankwacin dala biliyan 2.9 a kudin yau, kuma fiye da na baitul malin Amurka a lokacin.
Tabbas, Karniliyus da iyalinsa sun yi amfani da dukiyarsu wajen gina gidaje, ciki har da gidan Biltmore a Arewacin Carolina, wanda ya kasance mafi girma a Amurka.An tsara Kotun Elm don jikan Cornelius Emily Thorne Vanderbilt da mijinta William Douglas Sloan, hoton nan.Sun zauna a 2 West 52nd Street a Manhattan, New York, amma suna son gidan bazara don tserewa hatsaniya da hatsaniya na Big Apple.
Don haka, a cikin 1885, ma'auratan sun ba da izini ga babban kamfanin gine-ginen Peabody da Stearns don tsara fasalin farko na The Breakers, gidan rani na Cornelius Vanderbilt II, amma abin takaici wuta ta lalata shi.A cikin 1886 an kammala Elm Yard.Duk da ana la'akari da gidan biki mai sauƙi, yana da yawa sosai.A yau, ya kasance mafi girman wurin zama irin na shingle a cikin Amurka.Wannan hoton, wanda aka ɗauka a cikin 1910, yana ba da haske game da girman ƙasa.
Koyaya, Emily da William ba su yi farin ciki da tarin rani ba, saboda sun yi wasu gyare-gyaren gida, daɗa ɗakuna, kuma sun ɗauki ƙarin ma'aikata don biyan bukatunsu.Ba a kammala kadarorin ba sai farkon shekarun 1900.Tare da facade na jan ƙarfe mai ɗorewa, tururuwa masu tasowa, tagogi na lattice da kayan adon Tudor, gidan yana yin ra'ayi na farko.
A bayyane yake, Emily da mijinta William, waɗanda ke gudanar da kasuwancin dangin W. & J. Sloane na kansu, kayan alatu da kantin kafet a cikin birnin New York, ba su da kuɗi wajen kera gidansu mai ban mamaki a cikin salon Gilded Age.Shekaru da yawa, ma'aurata na VIP sun shirya jerin bukukuwa masu ban sha'awa a otal.Ko da bayan mutuwar William a shekara ta 1915, Emily ta ci gaba da ciyar da lokacin bazara a wurin zama, wanda shine wurin da ake da muhimmanci daban-daban idan ba duk taron jama'a ba.A gaskiya ma, gidan yana ɓoye wani labari mai ban mamaki.A cikin 1919 ta karbi bakuncin tattaunawar Elm Court, ɗaya daga cikin jerin tarurrukan siyasa waɗanda suka canza duniya.
Ƙofar gidan yana da girma kamar yadda yake a lokacin farin ciki lokacin da Emily da William suka zauna a can.Tattaunawar da aka yi a nan sama da shekaru 100 da suka gabata ta taimaka wajen cimma yarjejeniyar Versailles, yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya da aka sanya hannu a fadar Versailles a karshen yakin duniya na farko.Taron ya kuma kai ga kafa Kungiyar Kasashen Duniya, wadda aka kafa ta a shekarar 1920, a matsayin hanyar warware takaddamar kasa da kasa nan gaba.Abin mamaki, Kotun Elm ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin waɗannan muhimman abubuwan biyu.
A cikin 1920, shekaru biyar bayan mutuwar William, Emily ta auri Henry White.Shi tsohon Jakadan Amurka ne, amma abin takaici White ya mutu a kotun Elm a shekara ta 1927 sakamakon rikita-rikitar da aka yi masa, kuma sun yi aure shekara bakwai kacal.Emily ta mutu a gidan a cikin 1946 tana da shekaru 94. Jikan Emily Marjorie Field Wild da mijinta Kanar Helm George Wild sun mamaye babban gidan kuma suka buɗe wa baƙi a matsayin otal mai ɗaukar mutane 60.Tare da rufin rufin sa mai ban sha'awa da bangon bango, wannan tabbas zai zama babban wurin zama!
Muna iya tunanin baƙi suna sha'awar wannan otel mai ban mamaki.Ƙofar gaba ta buɗe cikin wannan wuri mai ban mamaki, wanda aka yi nufin ƙirƙirar kyakkyawar maraba ga masu hutu.Daga katafaren murhu da aka ƙawata da Art Nouveau bas-reliefs na hadiye da inabi, zuwa benaye masu ban sha'awa da kayan adon buɗe ido, wannan zauren yana da daɗi mai dorewa.
Gidan mai fadin murabba'in mita 55,000 yana da dakuna 106, kuma kowane fili yana cike da kayan gine-gine masu ban sha'awa da cikakkun bayanai na kayan ado, gami da murhu na kona itace, kayan ado masu kyau, gyare-gyaren kayan ado, kayan hasken wuta, da kayan daki na zamani.Zauren yana kaiwa zuwa cikin fili mai fa'ida wanda aka tsara don shakatawa, karɓar baƙi da aiki.Wataƙila za a yi amfani da sararin a matsayin ɗakin ƙwallo don taron maraice, ko wataƙila ɗakin ƙwallo don cin abinci mai daɗi.
Laburaren katako da aka ƙawata na gidan tarihi yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun ɗakuna.Bango mai haske shuɗi mai haske, ɗakunan littattafai da aka gina a ciki, wuta mai zafi, da kafet mai ban sha'awa wanda ya ɗaga ɗakin, babu wani wuri mafi kyau don murƙushewa da littafi mai kyau.
Da yake magana game da benayen halaye, ana iya amfani da wannan wurin zama na yau da kullun azaman wurin shakatawa bayan dogon yini ko azaman ɗakin cin abinci don abincin yau da kullun.Tare da tagogin bene zuwa rufin da ke kallon lambun a waje da ƙofofin gilashi masu zamewa da ke kaiwa ga ɗakin ajiyar kayan tarihi, Vanderbilts ba shakka za su ji daɗin yawan hadaddiyar giyar a maraice na bazara.
Kitchen ɗin da aka gyara yana da faɗi da haske, tare da abubuwan ƙira waɗanda ke ɓata layin tsakanin gargajiya da na zamani.Daga na'urori masu inganci zuwa faffadan wuraren aiki, bangon bulo da aka fallasa da kyawawan kayan zamani, wannan dafa abinci na gourmet ya dace da mashahuran shugaba.
Kitchen ɗin yana buɗewa cikin katafaren kantin sayar da abinci tare da kabad ɗin katako mai duhu, sinks biyu da wurin taga inda zaku ji daɗin ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa na filin.Abin mamaki, kayan abinci ya fi kicin din girma, a cewar mai sana'ar.
Yanzu an jera gidan a cikin rajistar wuraren tarihi na kasa, kuma yayin da aka gyara wasu dakunan da kyau, wasu kuma sun lalace.Wannan wurin ya taɓa zama ɗaki na billiard, ba shakka shafin yanar gizon yawancin dare na wasan ban tsoro ga dangin Vanderbilt.Tare da kyawawan katakon sage na katako, babban murhu da tagogi mara iyaka, yana da sauƙin tunanin yadda wannan ɗakin zai iya zama da ɗan kulawa.
A halin yanzu, an bar bahon wanka mai launin toka a cikin gida, kuma fentin yana barewa daga bakunan kofa.A cikin 1957, jikan Emily Marjorie ta rufe otal ɗin kuma dangin Vanderbilt sun daina amfani da shi gaba ɗaya.A cewar wakilin Compass John Barbato, gidan da aka yi watsi da shi ya kasance babu kowa tsawon shekaru 40 ko 50, a hankali ya fada cikin lalacewa.Har ila yau, ta fada cikin ɓarna da sata har sai Robert Berle, babban jikan Emily Vanderbilt, ya sayi Kotun Elm a 1999.
Robert ya gudanar da gyare-gyare mai yawa wanda ya dawo da wannan kyakkyawan ginin a bakin teku.Ya maida hankalinsa kan babban dakin nishadi da dakunan kwana, sannan ya gyara kicin da bangaren bayi.Shekaru da yawa, Robert ya yi amfani da gidan a matsayin wurin daurin aure, amma bai kammala dukan aikin ba.A cewar Realtor, an mayar da sama da dakuna 65 masu fadin fadin murabba'in murabba'in 20,821.Sauran murabba'in ƙafa 30,000 suna jiran a ceto su.
Wani wuri yana yiwuwa ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun benaye da muka taɓa gani.Wuraren rufin kore mai haske, fararen itacen dusar ƙanƙara, ƙawancen balustrades da kafet masu ban sha'awa sun sa wannan sararin samaniyar mafarki ya ƙawata shi da kyau.Matakai suna kaiwa zuwa ɗakin kwana masu ban mamaki a sama.
Idan kun haɗa da duk ɗakin kwana na ma'aikata a cikin gidan, adadin ɗakin kwana ya tashi zuwa 47. Duk da haka, 18 kawai suna shirye don karɓar baƙi.Wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan hotuna da muke da su, amma a bayyane yake cewa ƙwazon da Robert ya yi ya biya.Daga kyawawan wuraren murhu da kayan daki zuwa kyawawan jiyya na taga, an ƙera gyare-gyaren da kyau, yana ƙara taɓar da sauƙi na zamani a kowane ɗaki.
Wannan gida mai dakuna zai iya zama kyakkyawan wuri mai tsarki na Emily, cikakke tare da katafaren falo da wurin zama inda zaku iya kwantar da kofi na safe.Muna tsammanin cewa ko da masu shahararrun za su yi farin ciki da wannan tufafi, godiya ga bango da sararin ajiya, masu zane da takalma takalma.
Gidan yana da dakuna 23, da yawa daga cikinsu ba su da kyau.Wannan yana da palette mai duk-cream tare da kayan aikin tagulla na gargajiya da ginin baho.Da alama akwai ƙarin ɗakuna 15 da aƙalla dakunan wanka 12 a cikin fitaccen reshe na gidan alatu, duk suna buƙatar sabuntawa.
Akwai ƙarin benaye, mara kyau fiye da bene na gaba a tsakiyar gidan, a ɓoye a bayan gidan kusa da kicin.Matakan hawa biyu sun zama ruwan dare a cikin ƙirar gidan yayin da suke barin bayi da sauran ma'aikata su yi tafiya tsakanin benaye ba tare da an gane su ba.
Har ila yau, kadarar tana da katafaren gida wanda shi ma ake jiran a maido da martabarsa a da.Zai iya kasancewa wurin da ma'aikata za su iya taruwa a lokacin tafiyarsu ko adana abinci da ruwan inabi don bukukuwa masu ban sha'awa ga dangin Vanderbilt.Yanzu ɗan ban mamaki, sararin da aka watsar yana da bangon da ke rugujewa, da benaye da aka lulluɓe, da abubuwan da aka fallasa.
Idan kun fita waje, za ku ga faffadan lawns, tafkunan Lily, ciyayi, wuraren buɗe ido, lambuna masu katanga, da mahaukata gine-ginen tarihi wanda babban gunkin gine-ginen ƙasar Amurka, Frederick Law Orme ya tsara.Frederick Law Olmsted ne ya tsara shi.A cikin kyakkyawan aikinsa, Olmsted ya yi aiki a Niagara Falls State Park, Dutsen Royal Park a Montreal, da Asalin Estate Biltmore a Asheville, North Carolina, da sauransu.Koyaya, Babban Park na New York ya kasance mafi shaharar halittarsa.
Wannan hoto mai ban mamaki, wanda aka ɗauka a cikin 1910, ya ɗauki Emily da William a lokacin mulkinsu.Ya nuna yadda lambuna masu ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa a da, tare da shinge masu kyau, maɓuɓɓugan ruwa da kuma hanyoyi.
Koyaya, ba wannan ba shine abin da ke ɓoye a cikin wannan kyakkyawan bayan gida ba.Akwai gine-gine masu ban sha'awa da yawa akan gidan, duk shirye kuma suna jiran maidowa.Akwai gidaje uku na ma'aikata, ciki har da gidan butulci mai ɗaki takwas, da kuma wuraren zama na mai lambu da mai kula da su, da gidan ɗaukar kaya.
Lambun kuma yana da rumbu biyu da barga mai kyau.Ciki da barga suna sanye da kyawawan sassan tagulla.Akwai zaɓuɓɓuka marasa iyaka idan ya zo ga abin da za ku iya yi da wannan sarari.Ƙirƙiri gidan cin abinci, mayar da shi wurin zama na musamman ko amfani da shi don hawan doki.
Gidajen yana da wuraren shakatawa da yawa da ake amfani da su don shuka abinci ga dangin Vanderbilt.A cikin 1958, shekara guda bayan rufe otal ɗin, tsohon darektan Kotun Elm Tony Fiorini ya kafa gidan gandun daji na kasuwanci a yankin kuma ya buɗe shagunan gida biyu don sayar da amfanin aikinsa.Kayan na iya maido da kayan lambu da kuma samar da ƙarin tushen samun kudin shiga idan sabon mai shi ya so.
A cikin 2012, masu mallakar dukiya na yanzu sun sayi wurin da niyyar gina otal da wurin shakatawa, amma abin takaici waɗannan tsare-tsaren ba su taɓa yin nasara ba.Yanzu da aka sayar da shi ga mai haɓakawa, Kotun Elm tana sa ido ga babi na gaba.Ba mu san game da ku ba, amma ba za mu iya jira don ganin abin da sababbin masu su yi da wannan wurin ba!
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