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St. Clair is a city in St. Clair County in the eastern "Thumb" of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,485 at the 2010 census . The city is located on the St. Clair River near the southeast corner of St. Clair Township .
Palmer Park is a 296-acre (120 ha) public park next to 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 140-acre (57 ha) for a city park in 1893 [ 1 ] on the condition that the virgin forest be preserved. [ 3 ]
The Palmer Park Boulevard Apartments District is a collection of three apartment building located at 1981, 2003 and 2025 West McNichols Road. These three adjacent buildings were all built in the same time period (the mid-1920s), all were designed by the same architect (Richard H. Marr), and all share a uniform height, setback, and general plan.
Palmer Park is within the Detroit Public Schools district. Residents are zoned to Palmer Park Preparatory Academy, formerly the Barbara Jordan School, [8] for elementary and middle school. [9] [10] All residents are zoned to Mumford High School. [11] Palmer Park is operated by teachers and not by a principal administrator. [12]
Pine Grove Park on the St. Clair River 42°59′21″N 82°25′36″W / 42.989167°N 82.426667°W / 42.989167; -82.426667 ( Huron (lightship Port Huron
In the early 1920s, the architect Richard H. Marr entered into a partnership with businessman R.B. Oberteuffer (under the name The Fairway Company) to design and build an upscale apartment building at the corner of what was then known as Palmer Park Boulevard and Twelfth Street (now McNichols and Rosa Parks).
The week commences with a large festival with live entertainment and music is held over the weekend in Detroit's Palmer Park and draws around 20,000 participants. The night of the festival there is an after-party, and on Sunday, the celebration wraps up with a brunch .
Palmer Park Area: Palmer Woods sits on land originally owned by Thomas W. Palmer, a prominent citizen of 19th-century Detroit and a United States Senator. The neighborhood was platted in the mid-1910s, and most of the homes were constructed between about 1917 and 1929.