Grand Pacific Hotel (Chicago)
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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]
Notes
- ^ a b Host, William R. and Brooke Ahne Portmann, "Early Chicago Hotels," Arcadia Publishing, 2006, p. 12., ISBN 0-7385-4041-2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Berger, Molly (2005). "Hotels". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved 2007.
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