Justice William W. Potter House, 334 Evergreen Ave. (1909)

Justice W. W. Potter House, November 2003. Photo Credit: Kevin S. Forsyth.

William W. Potter (1869–1940) had a distinguished, forty-year career in Michigan politics, having been state senator, gubernatorial candidate, and attorney general. In 1928 he was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, and served a term as Chief Justice in 1935. Potter died while still on the bench of injuries sustained in an auto accident.