Moving Henry Ford's Birthplace to Greenfield Village, January 1944

THF136562 / Moving Henry Ford's Birthplace to Greenfield Village, January 1944

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

06 January 1944

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.188.71756.1

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 Photographic prints Photographs Collections management Farmhouses Buildings (Structures) Open-air museums Relocating Relocated buildings and structures Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Ford Home (Dearborn, Mich.)

Artifact
Ford Home
Henry Ford was born in this farmhouse on July 30, 1863. The house stood near the corner of present-day Ford and Greenfield Roads in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford grew up in the house and moved out at age 16 to find work in Detroit. He restored the farmhouse in 1919 and moved it to Greenfield Village in 1944.