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Palmer Park (Detroit)
Palmer Park is a public park in Detroit, Michigan's Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District. It is named for U.S. Senator Thomas Witherell Palmer, who initially created the park when he donated for a city park in 1893〔 on the condition that the virgin forest be preserved. The park includes a historic log cabin, a public golf course, tennis courts, hiking and biking trails and a large pond known as Lake Frances.〔
== History ==
U.S. Senator Thomas Witherell Palmer donated for a city park in 1893, on the condition that the virgin forest be preserved.〔 Palmer had inherited 80 acres from his grandfather, Michigan politician and Judge, James Witherell and, in his lifetime, expanded his holdings to 640 acres. Palmer continued to donate land throughout his life, and following his death, and that of his wife, Lizzie Pitts Merrill Palmer, his benefactors subdivided what became known as the Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District, which is now a part of the National Register of Historic Places. A total of was allocated to Palmer Park.〔 The name that Palmer gave it, Log Cabin Park, did not stick and in 1897, the Detroit Common Council unanimously approved an ordinance to officially rename it Palmer Park.
The park had a large white wooden casino, which burned down in May 1945.〔
The city planned to close Palmer Park in 2010 due to budget constraints, but relented after a public rally.〔
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