Grand Pacific Hotel (Chicago)

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After 1871 Great Chicago Fire
After 1871 Great Chicago Fire
in 1912
in 1912
Empire Room one of 15 dining rooms in 1913.
Empire Room one of 15 dining rooms in 1913.
(1873-1895)
(1873-1895)

The Grand Pacific Hotel (1873-1895) was one of the first two prominent hotels built in Chicago, Illinois after the Great Chicago Fire.[1] It had been open less than 10 months before the fire.[1] The hotel, designed by William W. Boyington and managed for more than 20 years by John Drake (1826-1895), was located on the block bounded by Clark Street, LaSalle, Quincy and Jackson.[2]

Drake hosted "Great Game Dinners" featuring exotic cuisines at this hotel.[2] These dinners were a Chicago social institution for more than 50 years.[2] Newspapers devoted 4 inches to its menu and guests.[2]

Along with contemporary Chicago luxury hotels such as the Palmer House, Tremont House, and Sherman House, it was built in the palazzo architectural style of the day.[3] The hotel also accommodated wealthy permanent residents in addition to transient guests who enjoyed the palace hotel.[3]

It was the site where Standard time was adopted on October 11, 1883.[4]

A later Grand Pacific Hotel (1895/8-1921) opened March 12, 1898 with 188 rooms.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Host, William R. and Brooke Ahne Portmann, "Early Chicago Hotels," Arcadia Publishing, 2006, p. 12., ISBN 0-7385-4041-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e Host, William R. and Brooke Ahne Portmann, "Early Chicago Hotels," Arcadia Publishing, 2006, p. 46., ISBN 0-7385-4041-2.
  3. ^ a b Berger, Molly (2005). Hotels. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007.
  4. ^ Picture of plaque at the site
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