As a wedding gift, he presented her with a hotel. The Palmer House was, at eight stories, the tallest building in the city. Its 225 rooms were decorated with Italian marble and French chandeliers.

The Palmer Memorial Room was built in the old Palmer Library to house the book collections given by George Palmer and his brother Elisha Loomis Palmer. The Palmer room was located on the top floor of ...

The guest rooms, on the other hand ... the Hilton brand's signature Serenity beds. The Palmer House also boasts a fitness center and an indoor pool (an especially popular feature among those ...

Chicago’s 154-year-old Palmer House Hilton is the latest venue to tap ... and a little-known museum and the Empire Room, where celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, and Louis Armstrong ...

The Palmer House also claims that it was the largest hotel in the world in the 1920s, when a 25-story tower was added. No matter the superlatives, this remains a grand old dame with lots of history.