CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE.
This 30,000 sq ft lakeside mansion was completed in 1929 for Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford. The estate features English Cotswold architecture, original antiques and art collection, and grounds designed by Jens Jensen. Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1979, designated National Historic Landmark in 2016.
SIGNIFICANCE: 60-room Cotswold-style estate on 87 acres; landscape by Jens Jensen
DETAILS
- Year Built
- 1929
- Location
- Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
- Original Owner
- Edsel & Eleanor Ford
- Current Owner
- Ford House (Museum)
- Size
- 30,000 sq ft
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PURCHASE HISTORY
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Architect
Albert Kahn
Albert Kahn was Detroit's most prolific architect, designing roughly 1,900 buildings over his career. Known as the 'father of modern factory design,' ...