  Tokennojokin Member Username: Tokennojokin Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 66.178.220.86 |
Does any one know of a fountain in detroit with W. K. Muir Fountain for the people engraved on the front of it. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1538 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57 |
The W.K. Muir Fountain was on Belle Isle.  I checked two books on Belle Isle but can't determine when it was removed or whether it was saved and is in storage somewhere. | ||
Tokennojokin Member Username: Tokennojokin Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 66.178.220.86 |
Thanks. I have a picture of my grandmother from the 40's sitting on the fountain but I could not find where it was at. The web came up with noting. | ||
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger Post Number: 47 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 68.42.78.175 |
It must have been famous enough to put on souvenirs. http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-So uvenir-of-Detroit-Napkin-Ring- City-Landmarks_W0QQitemZ774673 0240QQcategoryZ50777QQcmdZView Item | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 3569 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 65.222.10.3 |
Who was WK Muir by the way? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1539 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 140.244.107.151 |
This 1908 Book of Detroiters listing for William Howie Muir notes he is the son of William Kerr Muir and helped to organize Jenks and Muir Manufacturing. I would guess that W.K. Muir was a local businessman and philanthropist. MUIR, William Howie; born, Detroit, May 28,1867; son of William Kerr and Christina (Hendrie) Muir; educated at Michigan Military Academy and University of Michigan, graduating, degrees of B.S. and M.E.., 1888; married at Detroit, 1905, Marion Lewis. Began active career in employ of the Eureka Iron and Steel Works, 1888; assisted in organizing the Jenks and Muir manufacturing Co., 1892, manufacturers iron and brass bedsteads, mattresses and wholesale feathers, of which has been president and secretary since time of organization. Presbyterian. Member Detroit Board of Commerce. Mason; member Delta kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Detroit, Yondotega, Country, Racquet and Curling. Office; 1441 Hastings St., Detroit. Residence: Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi /county/tuscola/det/detmor-mur .htm Maybe someone else can shed some additional light.... | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1540 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 140.244.107.151 |
And just after posting the above, I thought of Muir Place in Grosse Pointe, so I went hunting and came up with.... "The next residence known as " Otsikita Villa" was home to W.K. Muir. He made this his summer residnce for several years before moving in permanently in 1882. There were extensive gardens and orchards on the property, that had been given much attention. Muir was born in Kilmarnock, Ayreshire, Scotland, in 1829, and descended from a family of Howies, an old Scotch covenanters. In early childhood he showed a taste for engineering, which later led him into the business of railroading. His first experience on the railway, was in England in 1852, when he was selected by C.J. Brydges to manage the Great Western Railway of Canada. In 1857, he was appointed General Superintendent of the Detroit and Milwaukee RailRoad. In 1865, he was made Assistant General Superintendent of the Michigan Central RailRoad. He next became General Superintendent of the Great Western Railway of Canada, and subsequently became Manager of the Canada Southern Railway. His first wife, Eliza Steele, bore four daughters to their union, Jennie Howie, Nellie Hogarth (Russel), Isabel Ker (Hunt), and Eliza Steele (Duffield). His second wife, Christine Hendrie, daughter of John Hendrie, of Scotland, and sister of George Hendrie had two children, William Howie and Christine Hendrie." http://www.geocities.com/michh ist/grossepointebios.html I would guess that the fountain on Belle Isle may have been a tribute to his memory, perhaps endowed by his family. | ||
Tokennojokin Member Username: Tokennojokin Post Number: 4 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 66.178.220.86 |
The picture I have is very good. When I get home I will post it. It has to be from the 30's or 40's. |
