Scotch Settlement School at Its Original Site in Dearborn Township, Michigan, circa 1926

THF115902 / Scotch Settlement School at Its Original Site in Dearborn Township, Michigan, circa 1926

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford attended this one-room school from age seven to ten. In 1923, Henry Ford restored the school on its original site and operated an experimental preschool there--a precursor to the more extensive school system that Henry Ford started in Greenfield Village in 1929.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1926

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.O.6246

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Township Photographic prints Photographs One-room schools Schools (Buildings) Teachers Students Original sites Scotch Settlement School Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

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Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.