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The Pierpont Inn is a Craftsman bungalow-style Inn in Ventura, California on a bluff overlooking the Santa Barbara Channel. Built in 1910 for motoring tourists, the complex is City of San Buenaventura Historic Landmark Number 80.〔( Historic Landmark #80 ) accessed 14 November 2013 from link on (City Map with Historic Landmarks )〕 The Pierpont Inn and Spa became a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in 2002.〔 (The Pierpont Inn & Spa ) ''Historic Hotels of America'' Retrieved 12 March 2015〕 ==History== In 1908, Josephine Pierpont bought land on a bluff overlooking the ocean in Ventura, California for development as a site for an inn. She felt the inn could serve the increasing number of automobile enthusiasts who would travel along the Pacific Coast looking for a place to rest and enjoy a home-cooked meal. She hired Sumner P. Hunt to build a Craftsman Style bungalow inn on the site. It opened in September 1910, originally as "The Wayside Inn", later changed to "The Pierpont Inn" Josephine's son Austen Pierpont ran the Inn for the first many years, expanding it in 1925 by adding two English Tudor-style cottages surrounded by a lush, garden setting. He also developed the idea of turning the inn into a country club, but the idea never came to fruition. The inn changed hands several times and fell into disrepair until it was rescued by Mrs. Mattie Vickers Gleichmann in 1928.〔("Obituaries : Mattie Gleichmann; Pierpont Inn Matriarch" ) ''Los Angeles Times.'' 6 February 1996〕 After Mattie's husband, professional baseball player Gus Gleichmann, was forced to leave the sport after being injured, they decided to pursue a career in hospitality. She borrowed $80,000 from her father Ashby Christian Vickers, a prominent Ventura farmer,〔("Historic Resources Report: 6135 N. Rose Avenue, Saticoy, CA" ) San Buenaventura Research Associates, Santa Paula, California 18 July 2011〕 to purchase and renovate the inn. It reopened in 1929 as a family affair, as her husband, mother, sister, brother-in-law and children all worked on and around the property. In 1938, Gus Gleichmann was killed in an automobile accident and Mattie decided to continue operation of the Inn without him to fulfill the dream of being able to provide a future for their children. This dream became a reality when her son Ted returned from World War II and embraced the role of general manager. Ted Gleichmann brought modernization to the Inn and added an East Wing with 12 guestrooms including fireplaces in 1954. Later he added the Bluff House and West Wing to bring the total number of rooms to 72. In addition to his duties at the Inn, Ted was a championship-winning, amateur PGA golfer. He even won the 1963 Bing Invitational Tournament (now known as the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am). Through his success in the golf world, he attracted many of his famous social contacts to the Inn.〔("Saticoy Country Club: Our History" ) Accessed 14 November 2013〕 In the 1950s, a freeway was built below the bluff that the Inn sits on.〔Pols, Mary F. (February 11, 1996) ("ON THE ROAD: Journeys Along Ventura County's Highways" ) ''Los Angeles Times''〕 In 1976, Spencer and Scott Garrett (Mattie's sisters grandchildren) leased the then vacant parcel of land adjacent to the Inn to build one of the nation's first multi-purpose athletic facilities, "The Pierpont Racquet Club". After Mattie's death in 1996 at the age of 100, the Inn was eventually sold to the Garretts (owners of the neighboring Racquet Club). In 2005 the Garretts sold the inn to Central Coast Management Inc. In 2009, Central Coast Management Inc. sold the inn to the Pierpont Group LLC, headed by investor Grace S. Ahn.〔Hoops, Stephanie (April 22, 2009) ("Pierpont Inn is changing hands" ) ''Ventura County Star''〕 The property went into bankruptcy auction in late 2012 and the Inn transferred from the Ahn Family Trust to Brighton Management. Wyndham Garden Ventura Pierpont Inn was the new name selected when Brighton Management signed a franchise agreement Wyndham's national reservation system in December 2013. Renovations to the rooms and grounds were needed after a period of neglect.〔Hoops, Stephanie (January 31, 2013) ("Ventura's Pierpont Inn joins Wyndham chain" ) ''Ventura County Star''〕 In 2015, DKN Hotels acquired the property and stated that the renovations would continue along with remaining under the Wyndham franchise.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierpont Inn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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