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Designed by architect John M. Van Osdel, the second Palmer House Hotel was seven stories.
Its amenities included oversized rooms, luxurious decor, and sumptuous meals served in grand style.
The floor of its barber shop was reputedly tiled with silver dollars.
Constructed mainly of iron and brick, the hotel was widely advertised as, " The World's Only Fire Proof Hotel.
" Famous visitors included presidential hopefuls James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses S. Grant, William Jennings Bryan, and William McKinley ; writers Mark Twain, L. Frank Baum, and Oscar Wilde ; and actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Eleanora Duse.
It was completed in 1875.
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