Design work is underway to restore and relocate the Merrill Fountain on the south end of Palmer Park on Detroit’s west side.
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Historic fountain at Palmer Woods to be restored and relocated
The 125-year-old fountain was gifted to the city of Detroit in 1901 and once stood near the old Detroit Opera House. In 1925, it was moved to ease traffic downtown.
“The drivers were having a difficult time navigating around the fountain,” Detroit City Council 2nd District Councilwoman Angela Whitfield-Calloway said.
For more than 100 years, the fountain’s home has been Palmer Park in northwest Detroit, where it has mostly remained in disrepair.
“It makes you sad and I think it has a general impact on how we move through life. Seeing blight, we don’t want to see that,” Stacy Varner, board president for People for Palmer Park, said…