Potter Palmer

Potter Palmer (1826 - 1902) was a Chicago businessman who was responsible for much of the development of State Street. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... State Street is the name given to one of the major thoroughfares in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Potter Palmer founded a dry goods store on Lake Street in Chicago in 1852, eponymously named Potter Palmer and Company. Unlike many stores of the time it focused on women and encouraged their patronage. Palmer also instituted a "no questions asked" returns policy, which served to nurture the goodwill and patronage of Chicagoans.

When Palmer's doctor urged him to get out of the business in 1865 because of ill health, he brought in partners Marshall Field and Levi Leiter. The trio joined forces and renamed the firm Field, Palmer, Leiter and Company. In 1867 sold his share of the partnership and focused his efforts on his real-estate interests, leasing a new building to his former partners in 1868 at State & Washington. He built several buildings along State Street on property he owned, including the Palmer House Hotel. When his building were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire, Palmer borrowed $1.7 million to rebuild, the largest amount loaned to an individual up to that time. Marshall Field (1834 -1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago based chain of department stores. ... Levi Ziegler Leiter was a Chicago businessman and partner of Marshall Field who co-founded what became the Marshall Field and Company retail empire. ... Hallway in the Palmer House Hilton The Palmer House Hilton is a famous and historic hotel in downtown Chicago. ... Artists rendering of the fire, by John R Chapin, originally printed in Harpers Weekly The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday October 8 to early Tuesday October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about four square miles in Chicago, Illinois. ...

In 1871, he married Bertha Honoré. In 1874, she gave birth to son Honoré, and in 1875, she gave birth to son Potter Palmer II. Both sons went on to have sons named Potter Palmer III, as well as other children. [See Who's Who in Chicago (1931).] 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Bertha Palmer (born May 22, 1849 - died May 5, 1918) was an American musician, linguist, and writer. ...

Palmer built a castle for her on Lake Shore Drive in 1885, leading to the establishment of the "Gold Coast". Prior to that time, Prairie Avenue was the most desirable address in Chicago. The Palmer Mansion, once the largest private residence in Chicago, Illinois,[4] was constructed from 1882-1885 at â„– 1350 Lake Shore Drive, facing Lake Michigan, by architects Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Frost. ... The double-decker Lake Shore Drive Bridge across the Chicago River; Wacker Drive is visible in the background Lake Shore Drive at the Chicago River in 1941 Looking northeast across Lakeshore East at the triple-decker Wacker Drive. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Near North Side is the part of Chicago, Illinois just north of the downtown central business district (the Loop). ... Prairie Avenue is a street on the south side of Chicago which extends from 16th street to the citys southern limits. ...

Palmer is buried in Graceland Cemetery. Graceland Cemetery is a large Victorian-era cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Established in 1860, its main entrance is at Clark and Irving Park. ...