How Did Julia Mccarthur Build The Hotel Park
Julia McArthur built the Hotel Park in the Pines for an estimated $300,000, she was a widow from Detroit, Michigan. McArthur co-owned the Park Hotel in Mount Clemmons, Michigan with her Aunt Margretha Kieffer. Kieffer encouraged McArthur to build the Hotel Park in the Pines in Aiken, South Carolina. In January of 1900 the hotel opened for business.
Daniel Boone Smith was a 29-year-old lawyer who graduated in 1904 from Harvard law school. In the fall of 1912, Smith was experiencing respiratory issues caused by the industrial New York environment he lived in, and his cigarette habit. That same year on Christmas Day, Smith met with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a dear friend from his Harvard days, who suggested that Daniel should take some time off and go to Hotel Park in the Pines. Franklin had heard while he was staying in New York that the southern pines and fresh air is good for the lungs. The …show more content…
During the breakfast, Smith received a telegram from his childhood estate in Boston. The telegram was from his mother’s staff saying she had fallen critically ill and requesting his immediate return. Smith quickly went to the lobby and asked when the next train to Boston was. Hearing that it wasn’t until 6 am the next morning, Smith began feeling helpless and decided to retire to his third story room. While in the elevator, he lit a cigarette to calm his nerves, not knowing that the pinewood walls had been recently polished. Smith feeling very anxious about his mother’s condition fumbled with his cigarette, and caught it against the wall of the elevator. The freshly polished wood went up in flames at nearly 11 am. Smith and the elevator attendant put forth their best effort to put out the fire but to no avail. Neither survived. The flames soon spread from the elevator shaft to the rest of the Hotel. Only the dining room was left
Daniel Boone Smith was a 29-year-old lawyer who graduated in 1904 from Harvard law school. In the fall of 1912, Smith was experiencing respiratory issues caused by the industrial New York environment he lived in, and his cigarette habit. That same year on Christmas Day, Smith met with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a dear friend from his Harvard days, who suggested that Daniel should take some time off and go to Hotel Park in the Pines. Franklin had heard while he was staying in New York that the southern pines and fresh air is good for the lungs. The …show more content…
During the breakfast, Smith received a telegram from his childhood estate in Boston. The telegram was from his mother’s staff saying she had fallen critically ill and requesting his immediate return. Smith quickly went to the lobby and asked when the next train to Boston was. Hearing that it wasn’t until 6 am the next morning, Smith began feeling helpless and decided to retire to his third story room. While in the elevator, he lit a cigarette to calm his nerves, not knowing that the pinewood walls had been recently polished. Smith feeling very anxious about his mother’s condition fumbled with his cigarette, and caught it against the wall of the elevator. The freshly polished wood went up in flames at nearly 11 am. Smith and the elevator attendant put forth their best effort to put out the fire but to no avail. Neither survived. The flames soon spread from the elevator shaft to the rest of the Hotel. Only the dining room was left