What is Potter Palmer?
[[File:Potter Palmer.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Palmer in c. 1890]] '''Potter Palmer''' (May 20, 1826 &ndash; May 4, 1902) was an [[Americans|American]] businessman and [[architect]]. Palmer is known for helping creating new streets in the city of [[Chicago]] after the [[Great Chicago Fire]] during the 1880s. Palmer was born on May 20, 1826. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Potter was married to Bertha Honoré from 1871 until his death in 1902. They had two children. On May 4, 1902, Palmer died from [[heart failure]] in his home in Chicago, Illinois. He was 75 when he died.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F07E0D6103BE733A25756C0A9639C946397D6CF ''Death of Potter Palmer''] in ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 5, 1902, p.&nbsp;9.</ref> He is buried at [[Graceland Cemetery]] in [[Uptown, Chicago]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Find a Grave|790|Potter Palmer}} {{US-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Potter}} [[Category:1826 births]] [[Category:1902 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Burials at Graceland Cemetery]] [[Category:American billionaires]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Chicago]] [[Category:Architects from Chicago]]