Palmer Park Merrill Fountain - Detroit, MI.
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N 42° 25.253 W 083° 06.619
17T E 326381 N 4698665
Located in Palmer Park in Detroit.
Waymark Code: WM85CC
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2010
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Located west of Woodward between McNichols and Seven Mile just north of Merrill Plaisance Street.
The Palmer Park Merrill Fountain, a magnificent white marble structure in the Italian Renaissance style, was designed by the architectural firm of Carrere and Hastings and was originally located in the Campus Martius in downtown Detroit before it was moved here in 1926. In the forefront is a circular pool leading up one level to another pool which is clovershaped with three marble blocks in the center, each with a water spout. At the top of the fountain is an arch elaborately carved into cattails and water lilies over a niche containing a marble turtle straddled by two stylized fish. From the mouths of the figures water spouts lead to a vase-like pool beneath.
Palmer Park was carved out of the Palmer estate. The fountain was dedicated to Elisabeth Palmer's father, Charles Merrill. Both Palmer and Merrill were significant figures in Detroit politics and businesses.
Sad to report that this fountain is in a state of disrepair as the entire park seems closed.
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