page_title: Palmer Park (Detroit)
section_title: Old Spanish Bell
hierarchical_section_title: Palmer Park (Detroit) / Old Spanish Bell
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Spanish bell, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich. c1905
context_page_description: Palmer Park is a 296-acre 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 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.
context_section_description: Near the western entrance to the Log Cabin is a large bell hanging — originally in a rustic wooden frame. This bell was designed and cast by Paula Gomez in Spain in 1793 and was taken to Mexico over 200 years ago.  William A. Moore, Senator James McMillan and other friends of Senator Palmer raised funds to purchase the 1,015 pounds (460 kg) bell, as a gift, who in turn, presented it to the city.
caption: Old Spanish Bell in Palmer Park circa 1905
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