The Merrill Fountain
Motor City, this is a popular name of Detroit. A place rich in history and culture, but aside from the name Motor City Detroit can also be recognized if you are to mention the Merrill Fountain. The Merrill Fountain is one of the most amazing attractions that you will discover in Detroit city, not to mention that the Merrill Fountain is also one of the most amazing fountains that you will encounter when dropping by Detroit City.
The Merrill Fountain is also one of the rewarding benefits that anyone could have when traveling to Detroit City. The Merrill Fountain was made through the efforts of Lizzie Merrill Palmer, the wife of Thomas Witherell Palmer who was a senator representing Michigan. Lizzie Merrill Palmer erected the Merrill Fountain as a dedication to his grandfather Charles Merrill, this is the reason the amazing fountain was named the Merrill Fountain.
The Merrill Fountain is located near the intersection of Second and Covington in Merrill Plaissance. The Merrill Fountain is in the boundary of Palmer Park, the Merrill Fountain is located at the north of the Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District. The Merrill Fountain’s beautiful design was made by a prestigious New York architectural firm; this is the Carrere and Hastings.
Carrere and Hastings made the Merrill Fountain from white marble; the Merrill Fountain has the concept of the complicated yet a beautiful Italian Renaissance fountain. Of you are to take a closer look of the Merrill Fountain, you will see the overlapping basins together with the baldachins or canopies. The Merrill Fountain has a design of various aquatic animals such as maned lions, two dolphins and lastly the representation of the Neptune King.
June 12th, 2010 - 12:54
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