Potter Palmer

E268613
businessperson hotelier human real estate developer

Potter Palmer was a prominent 19th-century Chicago businessman and hotelier whose real estate developments, including along State Street, helped shape the city’s commercial core.

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Label Occurrences
Potter Palmer canonical 7
Potter Palmer (associated elite circle) 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
hotelier ⓘ
human ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ
burialPlace Graceland Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1826-05-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1902-05-04 ⓘ
employer P. Palmer & Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Palmer ⓘ
fieldOfWork hotel industry ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
urban development ⓘ
founded P. Palmer & Company ⓘ
genreOfWork commercial real estate development ⓘ
givenName Potter ⓘ
hasPart Palmer Mansion on Lake Shore Drive ⓘ
influenced development of Chicago’s Loop commercial district ⓘ
knownFor building luxury hotels in Chicago ⓘ
development along State Street in Chicago ⓘ
shaping Chicago’s commercial core ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
livedIn Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
memberOf Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableAward induction into Chicago Business Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableWork Chicago real estate development ⓘ
Palmer House Hilton ⓘ
surface form: Palmer House Hotel

development of State Street in Chicago ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
hotelier ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Albion, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
reconstructed Palmer House Hotel after the Great Chicago Fire ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent Great Chicago Fire of 1871 ⓘ
spouse Bertha Palmer ⓘ
surface form: Bertha Honoré Palmer

Referenced by (8)

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Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasNotableBurial → Potter Palmer ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Potter Palmer ⓘ
Palmer family mausoleum → commemorates → Potter Palmer ⓘ
Palmer family mausoleum → burialPlaceOf → Potter Palmer ⓘ
Palmer family mausoleum → significantPersonAssociated → Potter Palmer ⓘ
Levi Zeigler Leiter → hasPartnershipWith → Potter Palmer ⓘ
Bertha Palmer → spouse → Potter Palmer ⓘ
Prairie Avenue Historic District → notableResident → Potter Palmer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potter Palmer (associated elite circle)