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Immortalised in Graham Greene’s novel The Comedians, destroyed by gang violence : NPR

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Immortalised in Graham Greene’s novel The Comedians, destroyed by gang violence : NPR


Main entry to the Hotel Oloffson, built as a private residence by Simon Sam in about 1886. American Marines leased it and turned it into a military hospital from 1915–34. In 1936 Walter Oloffson converted it to a hotel. In the 50's through 70's it was a Hollywood jet–set destination.

Major entry to the Lodge Oloffson, constructed as a personal residence by Simon Sam in about 1886. American Marines leased it and turned it right into a army hospital within the early twentieth century. In 1936 Walter Oloffson transformed it to a resort. Within the Nineteen Fifties by Seventies it was a Hollywood jetset vacation spot.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —Certainly one of Haiti’s most storied landmarks — a Nineteenth-century gingerbread mansion that after hosted cultural luminaries and political intrigue — has been decreased to ashes within the newest wave of gang violence gripping the capital.

The Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, lengthy a haven for artists, writers, musicians and overseas dignitaries, had weathered dictatorships, coups, and pure disasters. However this weekend, it couldn’t survive Haiti’s spiraling safety disaster.

“It is the place I spent my final 40 years. It is the place I met my spouse. It is the place my youngsters grew up. It is the place we performed, the place we had events, the place we danced,” mentioned Richard Morse, the Haitian-American long run tenant and supervisor of the resort, talking by cellphone from his house in Maine.

Morse did not simply handle the property — he fronted the Haitian roots band RAM, which performed legendary Thursday evening units from the resort’s wraparound balcony. The Oloffson was greater than a enterprise. “It was a heartbeat,” he mentioned.

The swimming pool at the Grand Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 1981.

The swimming pool on the Grand Lodge Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 1981.

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