Belle Isle's lost structures/formations

**Gistok** · March-23-10, 02:33 AM

[quote=buildingsofdetroit;131651]A couple of lost structures on Belle Isle.

The Muir Fountain:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...irFountain.jpg

Has anyone checked Palmer Park for this forgotten gem?

Thanks for the link... I'd never seen that monument.... very reminiscent of the Bagley Fountain downtown.

**buildingsofdetroit** · March-23-10, 04:51 PM

[quote=Gistok;131653]

Originally Posted by buildingsofdetroit

A couple of lost structures on Belle Isle.

The Muir Fountain:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...irFountain.jpg

Has anyone checked Palmer Park for this forgotten gem?

Thanks for the link... I'd never seen that monument.... very reminiscent of the Bagley Fountain downtown.

Yeah, peculiar ain't it? I have very little info on it. A book on B.I. monuments from the 1950s that I have says simply that it was "removed" sometime before.

**buildingsofdetroit** · March-23-10, 05:20 PM

[quote=buildingsofdetroit;131915]

Originally Posted by Gistok

Yeah, peculiar ain't it? I have very little info on it. A book on B.I. monuments from the 1950s that I have says simply that it was "removed" sometime before.

Only thing I really have is that it was named for William K. Muir, a railroad tycoon, and was a drinking fountain - much like the Bagley Memorial Fountain.

**MikeM** · March-24-10, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by buildingsofdetroit

Only thing I really have is that it was named for William K. Muir, a railroad tycoon, and was a drinking fountain - much like the Bagley Memorial Fountain.

William Ker Muir bio:

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text...ew=pdf&seq=266