Estimated to cost $85,000 ($ in dollars),[REF] its final cost was $200,000 ($ in dollars) [REF].
Although the Pattersons moved into the home in January 1903, the first party to which large members of the public were invited was not held until February 1904, when Nellie Patterson hosted a gigantic cotillion ball for social debut of her daughter, Eleanor Josephine Medill "Cissy" Patterson [REF].