The Palmer House Hilton
- Address: 17 E Monroe St
- Vicinity: S Wabash Ave
- Neighborhood of The Chicago Loop in Chicago
The Palmer House Hilton is a grand hotel in the center of Chicago, Illinois. On the fourth floor of the hotel there are two large ballrooms designed by architect John Wellborn Root Jr that retain original lighting fixtures. Root wrote that the Grand Ballroom "displays the restrained and monumental character of the period of Louis XVI," while the Red Lacquer Room "hints at rococo, its walls are red lacquer and gold relieved by mirrors." M J Straus, a reporter for the Chicago Evening Post, wrote that the hotel's ballrooms had floors supported by thousands of coiled steel springs to give an extra bounce to dancers. (The original grandly-scaled and domed foyer for the Grand Ballroom has been remodeled and converted into the separate State Ballroom.) Another notable public space is the former C D Peacock jewelers at the southeast corner of State and Monroe Streets. The exterior of the store has low-relief Classical-style bronze ornament atop black marble storefront surrounds. A bronze clock detailed with peacocks ornaments the storefront corner next to the Peacock store entrance on State, which has finely-cast bronze doors also detailed with peacocks. A secondary entrance on Monroe has similar doors. Inside, the store retains walls richly appointed with green Verde Antico marble, bronze-colored metal work, and an elaborate coffered ceiling. - AsNotedIn