Charles Whittlesey - El Tovar Hotel, South Rim of Grand Canyon - 1905
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When were Fred Harvey’s hotels in the Southwest most prominent?
1880s to 1930s
When was the El Tovar Hotel in the Grand Canyon completed?
1905
When did the Hudson River School art movement occur in America?
1830s
Who led the Hudson River School of painting?
Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, Jasper Cropsey
What literary movement was the Hudson River School art movement slightly connected to?
Transcendentalism
What does Transcendentalism focus on?
Communion and appreciation of nature
What house near the Hudson River was a popular resort for tourists and artists?
Catskill Mountain House
Who created the painting “Niagara” in 1857?
Frederic Edwin Church
What should a sublime element be able to accomplish?
Make the viewer feel in awe with the nature and feel small plus insignificant
When was the first transcontinental railroad completed?
1869
Who created the painting “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone”?
Thomas Moran
Where was Fred Harvey born?
London
When was Fred Harvey born?
1835
At what age did Fred Harvey become a freight agent for a railway company?
30
Where was the railway company located that Fred Harvey worked at?
Leavenworth, Kansas
What year did Fred Harvey work with Atchison, Topeka&Santa Fe Railroad to open the first “Harvey House”?
1876
Where did Fred Harvey open up his first “Harvey House”?
Topeka Depot
What year did Atchison, Topeka&Santa Fe offer Fred Havey a license to develop more hotels in the Southwest?
1882
When did Fred Harvey die?
1901
How many hotels and restaurants did Fred Harvey open during his lifetime?
40+
What is the first hospitality chain in America?
Harvey company
What historical references did the Harvey company use in its hotels and restaurants?
Moorish, Spanish Colonial, Baroque, Pueblo, Navajo
Who developed the interior designing of the Harvey Company’s hotels and restaurants?
Mary E. Colter
During what year did Mary Colter start to use Native American crafts/introduce them in the hotels?
1902
When did Atchison, Topeka&Santa Fe Railroad build the Grand Canyon spur line?
1901
What was the budget available to build the El Tovar Hotel?
$250,000
Who was the architect that designed the El Tovar Hotel?
Charles Whittlesey
Where was Charles Whittlesey from?
Chicago
Who did Charles Whittlesey work for before?
Louis Sullivan
How many years did the El Tovar Hotel take to complete?
3
What were the “state-of-the-art amenities” includeded in the El Tovar Hotel?
Hot&Cold water, electric lighting, Western Union telegraph office
What was the El Tovar Hotel’s exterior built out of?
Pine wood and “native boulders”
How did advertisements describe the El Tovar Hotel?
Norway villa
What President declared the Grand Canyon to be a national monument?
Theodore Roosevelt
When did the Grand Canyon become a national monument?
1908
Who gave the Grand Canyon its name?
John Wesley Powell
When did the Grand Canyon receive its name?
1870s
When did the Grand Canyon become a national park?
1919
When did the Grand Canyon become a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
1979
When did the El Tovar Hotle become a national historic landmark?
1987
How many people visit the Grand Canyon National Park every year?
4.5 million