Henry ford childhood home in michigan
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Fair Lane
Historic house in Michigan, United States
For other uses, see Fair Lane (disambiguation).
United States historic place
Fair Lane | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District | |
Michigan State Historic Site | |
Fair Lane from the Rouge River side | |
Interactive map showing Fair Lane’s location | |
| Location | Dearborn, Michigan |
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| Built | 1913–1915[1] |
| Architect | Joseph N. French, William Van Tine, Marion Mahony Griffin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Jens Jensen. |
| Architectural style | Baronial, Prairie |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000399 |
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1966[3] |
| Designated NHLD | November 13, 1966[2] |
| Designated MSHS | February 18, 1958 |
Fair Lane was the estate of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Ford, in Dearborn, Michigan, in the United States. It was named after an area in Cork in Ireland where Ford's adoptive grandfather, Patrick Ahern, was born. The 1,300-acre (530 ha) estate along the River Rouge included a large limestone house, an electrical power plant on the dammed river, a greenhouse, a boathouse, riding stables, a children's playhouse, a treehouse, and extensive landmark gardens designed by Chicago
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America’s History
Told Through Architecture:
Dearborn’s Greenfield Village
Greenfield Village houses a collection of historic buildings and faithful reproductions that has become a model for outdoor village museums in the United States. The village encompasses 80 acres in Dearborn Michigan, near Henry Ford’s original family homesite.
The automobile magnate was an avid collector, an avocation common among the American elite during the early 20th century. Uncommon though was the type of objects that struck Ford’s fancy. Rather than art or sculpture, Ford was drawn to objects that represented American ingenuity and progress. This collection grew to include everyday objects, machinery, and even buildings that would become the basis for the development of a museum and historical village.
Greenfield Village’s origin story can be traced to 1919, when a road construction project threatened Henry Ford’s childhood home. Rather than see his birthplace demolished, Ford relocated the house and embarked on a project to restore the home to its appearance at the time of his mother’s death in 1876. Ford personally attended to every detail of the restoration and dedicated the project to the memory of his mother, whom he credited with setting him upon the path towards his
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Henry Ford Birthplace
Dearborn in Thespian County, Chicago — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Photographed indifferent to Joel S., July 2, 2010
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