Personal Life
In 1871, he married Bertha Honoré. In 1874, she gave birth to a son, Honoré, and in 1875, she gave birth to another son, Potter Palmer II. Both sons went on to have sons named Potter Palmer III, as well as other children.
In 1885 Palmer built the castellated Palmer Mansion on Lake Shore Drive, leading to the establishment of the Gold Coast. Prior to that time, Prairie Avenue had been the most desirable address in Chicago.
Palmer is buried in Graceland Cemetery.
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