Historic home, Pontiac, since 1855
Myrick-Palmer House
Photographed standing in 2010
- Built
- 1855
- Style
- Italian Villa
- Standing
- 171 years
The Myrick-Palmer House at 223 W. Huron St, built in 1855. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.
What is there now
Standing
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.
The story
The house at 223 W. Huron St went up in 1855, when Michigan was still a young state of farms, mills and river landings.
The style is Italian Villa, and the details still show it.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
The Myrick-Palmer House is a single-family house located at 223 W. Huron Street in Pontiac, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Timeline
- 1855 Built Italian Villa
- 2026 Today 171 years and still standing
Where it is
223 W. Huron St., Pontiac
On this map
- 1 Myrick-Palmer House This place
- 2 Franklin Boulevard Historic District 0.1 mi
- 3 Pontiac Commercial Historic District 0.4 mi
- 4 Pontiac Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) 0.4 mi
- 5 Eagle Theater 0.5 mi
- 6 Casa del Rey Apartments 0.6 mi
- 7 Central School 0.7 mi
- 8 Fairgrove Avenue Historic District 0.7 mi
- 9 Gillespie Street-Clinton River Bridge 0.7 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
More from Pontiac in the 1850s
Around the block
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Franklin Boulevard Historic District
Historic district, built 1848, Greek Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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Pontiac Commercial Historic District
Historic district, built 1865, Early Commercial, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
- Pontiac Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) Historic district 0.4 mi
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Eagle Theater
Theater, built 1927, Moorish
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
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Casa del Rey Apartments
Building, built 1928, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.6 mi
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Central School
School, built 1893, Richardsonian Romanesque
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.7 mi
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Fairgrove Avenue Historic District
Historic district, built 1895, Colonial Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.7 mi
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Gillespie Street-Clinton River Bridge
Structure, built 1936, Concrete Rigid Frame
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.7 mi
Photo credits
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- Myrick-Palmer House, Pontiac, Michigan, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
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