Potter Palmer made his first millions with ... As a wedding gift, he presented her with a hotel. The Palmer House was, at eight stories, the tallest building in the city. Its 225 rooms were ...

A 19th-century mansion on Cedar Street, built by the onetime “Queen of Chicago” Bertha Palmer and lavishly restored by its owners of the past 25 years, went up for sale today at $7.9 million.