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Grand Pacific Hotel (Chicago)

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The western half of the 1873 structure was demolished in 1895 in order to make way for the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank building. The remaining eastern half was remodeled by the architectural firm Jenney and Mundie. It reopened March 12, 1898, with 188 rooms, and remained open until 1921. In 1921,
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Drake hosted "Great Game Dinners" featuring exotic cuisines at this hotel. These dinners were a Chicago social institution for more than 50 years. Newspapers devoted 4 inches to its menu and guests.
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architectural style of the day. The hotel also accommodated wealthy permanent residents in addition to transient guests who enjoyed the palace hotel.
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on his first visit to Chicago as part of his 1882 lecture tour of America.
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it was demolished to make way for the Continental Illinois Bank building.
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Along with contemporary Chicago luxury hotels such as the
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Grand Pacific Hotel (disambiguation)

Chicago
Great Chicago Fire
William W. Boyington
John Drake
Clark Street
Palmer House
Tremont House
Sherman House
palazzo
Oscar Wilde
James A. Garfield
1880 Republican National Convention
Standard time
The preceding Pacific Hotel after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
in 1912
Empire Room one of 15 dining rooms in 1913
ISBN
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ISBN
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"Pacific Hotel I"

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