Presentation Drawing, "Proposed Arrangement of Cottages - Additions to the Dearborn Inn," January 1936

Summary

By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history.)

By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history.)

Artifact

Design drawing

Date Made

January 1936

Subject Date

January 1936

Creators

Johnson, Marshall L. 

L.G. Treadway Service Corporation 

Oakwood Hotel Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

Creator Notes

Drawing by landscapt architect Marshall L. Johnson for L. G. Treadway Service Corporation, manager of the Dearborn Inn for Oakwood Hotel Company.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

59.13.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles M. Hart.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 35 in

Width: 36 in

Inscriptions

At bottom: PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT OF COTTAGES - ADDITION TO/THE DEARBORN INN----

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