Robert Frost Home at Its Original Site, Ann Arbor, Michigan, circa 1923

THF235307 / Robert Frost Home at Its Original Site, Ann Arbor, Michigan, circa 1923
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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford had this house -- built in the 1830s in Ann Arbor, Michigan -- added to his collection of historic buildings in the 1930s. The structure would represent 19th-century Greek Revival architecture in Ford's Greenfield Village. In the early 2000s, museum staff renamed the house to honor the famous American poet Robert Frost, who lived there in the mid-1920s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1932

Subject Date

10 September 1923

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.66

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11.25 in
Width: 7.50 in

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    Robert Frost, one of America's greatest poets, had an extraordinary ability to put complex and deeply insightful ideas into everyday language. In the mid-1920s, Frost lived in this house while he was the University of Michigan's first poet-in-residence. Here, located away from the bustle of the Ann Arbor campus, his creative spirit and imagination soared as he wrote poetry and met with students.