Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Gaukler Pointe, Under Construction, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, 1927
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Edsel and Eleanor Ford moved into their home on Gaukler Pointe, near Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, in 1929. At the Fords' request, architect Albert Kahn designed the home in a style reminiscent of stone houses in the Cotswolds region of England. Noted landscape designer Jens Jensen planned the estate's grounds.
Edsel and Eleanor Ford moved into their home on Gaukler Pointe, near Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, in 1929. At the Fords' request, architect Albert Kahn designed the home in a style reminiscent of stone houses in the Cotswolds region of England. Noted landscape designer Jens Jensen planned the estate's grounds.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
05 October 1927
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.189.4863
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.75 in