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Palmer House Hotel

  • Hotel interior showing a painted ceiling, a staircase, and golden light fixtures

    Palmer House lobby. Photo courtesy of the Palmer House Hotel.

Experience the glamour, intrigue and excitement of the Palmer House, a "Grand Hotel" and an official Chicago Landmark.
  • Hotel interior showing a painted ceiling, a staircase, and golden light fixtures

    Palmer House lobby. Photo courtesy of the Palmer House Hotel.

The Palmer House is truly a magical place! View the imposing architecture and elegant public spaces while learning about the history of the country's oldest continually operating hotel.

Duration
1 hour
Site Type
Buildings
Location
Downtown
Architects and Styles
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Inside the hotel entrance at 124 S. Wabash Ave.

Learn about the legacy of the Palmers. View beautiful rooms that reflect elegant European styling, including chandeliers from France, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Italy, multiple works by Tiffany and a ceiling with paintings by a French muralist. The hotel received numerous awards for its most recent multimillion-dollar restoration and renovation.

Tour reviews

    • My experience with the Palmer House goes back much further than this tour, so I know it well and that was the reason that I wanted to work on creating the tour. I always look forward to going there and usually see something beautiful that I had never noticed before.
      Joan StewartCAC Docent
  • Exterior shot looking up at a building covered in windows with white walls on the first few stories and then red brick going up from there.

    Exterior of Palmer House Hotel. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers

  • Picture of a woman taking a photo inside a hotel lobby which contains people sitting on chairs, golden light fixtures, and a painted ceiling

    Palmer House Hotel lobby interior

  • Picture of the interior of a hotel lobby which contains a decorated Christmas tree, furniture, golden light fixtures, and a painted ceiling

    Palmer House Hotel lobby during the holiday season

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