Palmer Mansion
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The Palmer Mansion was a large private home constructed 1882–1885 at 1350 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois. Once the largest private residence in the city, it was located in the Near North Side neighborhood, facing Lake Michigan.[6] It was designed by architects Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost of the firm Cobb and Frost and built for Bertha and Potter Palmer, a prominent local businessman responsible for much of the development of State Street. The construction of the mansion established the "Gold Coast" neighborhood,[3][6] still one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Chicago. The home was demolished in 1950.
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Palmer Mansion | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Early Romanesque, Norman Gothic[1] |
Town or city | Chicago, Illinois |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 41.907324°N 87.626615°W / 41.907324; -87.626615 |
Construction started | 1882 |
Completed | 1885 |
Demolished | 1950[2] |
Cost | at least $1,000,000[3][4] |
Client | Bertha and Potter Palmer |
Technical details | |
Size | 10,000 sqft (estimated) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost[5] |
Engineer | John Newquist |
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This article is about the former mansion in the Gold Coast section of Chicago. For the mansion in the Bronzeville section of Chicago, see Hammer/Palmer Mansion.