The original Palmer House Barber Shop with 800 silver dollars imbedded in the floor, circa 1880s. Miss Dorothy Page gives a manicure to Joseph B. Schusser at the Palmer House, circa 1925.

So claims the Palmer House, a Hilton hotel that has been operating in downtown Chicago since 1873 (the original hotel was built in 1870 but burned down during the Great Chicago Fire a year later). ...

Little more than a year after its grand opening, the original Palmer House was consumed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Yet, like the mythological phoenix, the Palmer House rose from its ashes.

The original Palmer House was built in 1871 by Potter Palmer who began his career as a bank clerk in upstate New York. He later became a dry-goods store owner in Chicago where he revolutionized ...

The original hotel burned down a year later during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. The second hotel, a 7-story Palmer House, was already under construction in 1871 and was finished even as cleanup ...

A Chicago icon, the Palmer House Original Brownie is a classic. In honor of National Brownie Day, the historic hotel offered a variety of brownie inspired food and beverages. Now available via ...

The original was destroyed in the 1871 Chicago Fire, and its seven-story replacement was later supplanted in the 1920s by the current 25-story building. The Palmer House lobby decked out in ...

AND A PANIC CAUSED BY IT IN THE PALMER HOUSE, CHICAGO. Give this article. Nov. 4, 1887. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 4, 1887, Page 1 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Frank Sinatra's version of this jazz standard was climbing the charts in 1953. That's the same year Vern and Donna Nelson started their lives together as husband and wife. The ...